Fears for Gaza aid after Unrwa ban, as Guterres tells Israel ‘there is no alternative’

Taoiseach Simon Harris has strongly condemned the move saying that it breaches Israel's obligations in international law and 'people will die'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at UN HQ (Seth Wenig/AP

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has reminded Israel of its obligation to international law in the wake of the nation passing two laws that could see the UN’s aid agency listed as a terror sect.

Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main UN agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it and labelling it a terror organisation.