On his X profile, the head of Cuban diplomacy affirmed that the measure is part of the genocide that the Zionist state is perpetrating against the Palestinian people, with the complicity of the United States.

The Israeli Parliament approved two laws last October that establish the exit of the UN agency from the territory and from East Jerusalem; and on Wednesday, Israeli Ambassador at the UN Danny Danonn gave the agency 48 hours to evacuate its centers in Jerusalem, in compliance with said law.

On Thursday, UNRWA Chief Philippe Lazzarini warned that the implementation of the law would increase instability and deepen despair in occupied Palestine, a territory at a critical moment.

Lazzarini explained that the elimination of basic services would equally affect Palestinians in both Gaza and the occupied West Bank, but in the Gaza Strip, the absence of an agency to assist in reconstruction would be added.

He noted that the Palestinian Authority has made it clear that it does not have the financial resources or the capacity to compensate for the loss of UNRWA services.

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