Israeli sources reported that Danny Danon, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, informed the UN Secretary-General that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) must "cease its activities in Jerusalem and vacate all buildings it occupies" by next Thursday, January 30.

According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on its website (“Ynet”), Danon wrote in his letter to the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, that “Hamas and other terrorist organizations have infiltrated UNRWA for a long time” and “the stubborn rejection by the Secretary-General of these facts, and the denial and disregard of the evidence presented by Israel regarding terrorism in the organization and its lack of neutrality, forced Israel to act responsibly towards it.”

It is noteworthy that the Secretary-General of the United Nations had announced his rejection of any discussions with Israel about replacing UNRWA, while the administration of former US President Joe Biden held such discussions with Israel and exerted pressure on the United Nations to hold talks with Israel about a "temporary solution" to stop UNRWA's activities.

One solution proposed in talks between Israel and the United States is for Palestinian UNRWA employees to continue working in the Strip under the supervision of another UN agency, such as the UN Development Programme, and for UNRWA’s international directors to be replaced, thus formally ending its operations. But the ones who will provide humanitarian aid will be the agency’s employees, many of whom Israel claims are linked to Hamas, Haaretz reported on Thursday.