New countries boycott UNRWA and the agency warns of the cessation of its services. The number of countries that announced cessation of funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) rose to 12.
The Western announcements came hours after the International Court of Justice in The Hague announced its rejection of Israel’s demands to drop the “genocide” lawsuit in the Gaza Strip brought against it by South Africa. In a related context, the Israeli Foreign Minister called on the Agency's Commissioner-General to resign from his position.