The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned on Sunday that Palestinians in Gaza are now relying exclusively on humanitarian aid "in light of the continued undermining of the United Nations' ability to fulfill its mandate."

The agency reported in a post on X a complaint from an elderly Palestinian refugee woman about her inability to obtain medicines after they ran out at the agency due to Israeli restrictions on her carrying out her duties in the Strip.

“I have travelled long distances, passing through huge crowds of people just to reach the clinic here in Khan Younis to get my medication. I suffer from chronic diseases, yet I find no medicine available,” UNRWA quoted Jamila, 80, as saying.

“I was completely dependent on UNRWA to provide health care and education for me, my children and my grandchildren,” Jamila added. “Today I face a frightening reality: who will stand by us if UNRWA is not there?”

“In war-torn Gaza, civilians like Jamila are left to rely exclusively on humanitarian aid. The UN’s ability to fulfill its mandate is being continually undermined,” the agency commented in the same post.

It stressed that "the ceasefire must be stopped now."

On October 28, the Israeli Knesset (parliament) finally approved a ban on UNRWA activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.

On November 4, Israel informed the United Nations of the cancellation of the 1967 agreement on the work of UNRWA, which means banning its activities, if the decision comes into effect within three months.

Israel still controls the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, amid a stifling humanitarian crisis and the specter of famine, especially in the northern part of the Strip, and refuses to cooperate with UN and international organizations to bring in medicine, food and basic needs.