UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini condemned the move as “outrageous,” describing it on social media as “part of an ongoing, systematic campaign to discredit UNRWA and thereby obstruct the core role that the agency plays providing human-development assistance and services to Palestine refugees.”

The legislation was the latest blow to the agency, known as UNRWA. Israel has accused it of being extensively infiltrated by Hamas.

Somalia tells emergency UNSC meeting that Israel's recognition is part of a plan to force Palestinians to relocate.

No other countries currently recognize Somaliland, a breakaway region bordered by Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti that seceded from Somalia in 1991.

“The ‘Somaliland’ region remains an integral, inseparable, and inalienable part of Somalia. No external actor has either the legal standing or the moral authority to alter that fundamental reality,” Ambassador Usman Jadoon, Pakistan’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, told the 15-member Council.

For decades, Israel's occupation of Palestinian land have been a central source of conflict in the Middle East'

The UN Security Council will convene an emergency session following Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, a move condemned by Somalia, regional powers, and international organisations as a threat to regional stability.

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Israeli officials slam 'biased' U.N. food security report on Gaza, citing increased aid deliveries. Analysis reveals disputed famine claims lack evidence.