JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it.

The laws, which do not immediately take effect, signal a new low for a long-troubled relationship between Israel and the U.N. Israels international allies said they were deeply worried about their potential impact on Palestinians as the Gaza wars humanitarian toll worsens .

Under the first law, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees , or UNRWA, would be banned from conducting any activity or providing any service inside Israel. The second law would sever Israels diplomatic ties with the agency.

The laws risk collapsing the already fragile process for distributing aid in Gaza at a moment when Israel is under increased U.S. pressure to ramp up aid. UNRWAs chief called them a dangerous precedent.

Israel has alleged that some of UNRWAs thousands of staff members participated in the Hamas attacks last year that sparked the war in Gaza . It also has said hundreds of UNRWA staff have militant ties and that it has found Hamas military assets in or under the agencys facilities.

The agency fired nine employees after an investigation but denied it knowingly aids armed groups and said it acts quickly to purge any suspected militants from its ranks. Some of Israels allegations prompted major international donors to cut funding to the agency, although some of it has been restored.

Israel has at times during the war raided or attacked UNRWA schools or other facilities, saying militants were operating there. UNRWA says more than 200 of its employees have been killed during the war.

The law that we passed now is not just another bill. It is a call for justice and a wake up call, said lawmaker Boaz Bismuth, who co-sponsored one of the bills. UNRWA is not an aid agency for refugees. It is an aid agency for Hamas.

The head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said the new laws were part of an ongoing campaign to discredit UNRWA.

These bills will only deepen the suffering of Palestinians, especially in Gaza, he said on the social platform X.

The first vote passed 92-10 and followed a fiery debate between supporters of the law and its opponents, mostly members of Arab parliamentary parties. The second law, which initially included a move to label UNRWA a terror organization but was later amended, was approved 87-9.

An English language account on X for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to work with international partners to ensure it continues to facilitate humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. The post did not say how, and it was not clear how the flow of aid would be affected once these bills take effect.