Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.

The ban is set to go into effect next week, as aid groups are scrambling to alleviate Israel’s humanitarian catastrophe.

Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel - due to start on Thursday - will be disastrous, the UNRWA chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the United States accused it of being "irresponsible and dangerous.

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it as ethnic cleansing and warning of regional chaos.

Israel has banned a key UN agency from operating in Israel, making the future of its operations in Gaza and the West Bank unclear.

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The Israeli deputy foreign minister announced that Israel will cut all relations with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from Thursday and urged the UN to use other organizations to provide aid.

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says Israel’s ban would ‘heighten instability and deepen despair’ at a ‘critical moment’.

The full scale of the humanitarian challenge ahead is emerging as displaced Palestinians return home, writes the BBC's .