US backs Israel's decision to cut off all communication with Unrwa

The United States supports Israel's move to cut all contact with the UN's Palestinian relief agency Unrwa, a US envoy to the UN told a Security Council meeting on the issue Tuesday.

"The United States supports the implementation of this decision," said Dorothy Shea, a United States representative to the UN who suggested Unrwa officials were "exaggerating the effects of the laws".

On Tuesday, Israel's envoy to the UN said that Israel would cease all contact with Unrwa and any other body acting on its behalf. 

Israel's ban on Unrwa in occupied East Jerusalem is set to take effect on Thursday.