UNRWA, which provides assistance in education, health and food to some 5 million registered Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, is already suffering from a 49-million U.S. dollars financial deficit and any fund suspension would have a negative impact on its work.
Meanwhile, more than 5 million registered Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip will suffer if the agency is shut down or its financial aid is suspended.
UNRWA takes care of some 1.3 million refugees in Gaza solely, who live in eight refugee camps.
For them, closing UNRWA would be the toughest blow after their plight of forcibly leaving their towns and cities that became part of Israel in the war of its foundation in 1948.
79-year-old Sada Mikdad is one of those refugees.
"Most of the food we consume at home is provided by UNRWA," the old lady told Xinhua.
Mikdad said Israel has always wanted the UNRWA to be closed because "the existence of UNRWA means the existence of the issue of Palestinian refugees."
The woman also complained that UNRWA has gradually reduced its assistance due to Israeli continued pressures and the limited international aid.
In response to Netanyahu's comments, UNRWA said that it would hold on its work under the mandate of the UN General Assembly.
UNRWA's media advisor, Adnan Abu Hasna, said the agency was established upon a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, where the majority of members voted in favor of extending UNRWA's mandate.
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