Multiple defense sources threw cold water on the idea that any major change in policy or imminent invasion of Rafah was taking place.
Netanyahu has persistently called for the agency to be replaced.
He spoke after Israel provided UNRWA with data alleging that 12 of its staff had been part of the October 7 attack on Israel.
12 UNRWA members have been explicitly linked to Hamas, while intelligence reportedly estimates that half of the agency's workers have close relatives who belong to Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
At least nine countries, including top donors the United States and Germany, have paused funding for the UN refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA).
Guterres’ absence from the event will come after facing heavy criticism from Israel and its supporters for his response to the war.
"Israel's military operations have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented during my time as secretary-general," Guterres said at the opening of a summit in Uganda.
"Israel's military operations have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented during my time as secretary-general," Guterres said at the opening of a summit in Uganda.
On Friday mornings, dozens of Israeli-American demonstrators advocate for the 136 hostages still held in Gaza, outside Guterres’s home. “I don’t think he’s against us,” says a protestor.
During António Guterres' tenure as Secretary-General, the UN’s leadership has been notably absent in critical times, including ISIS in Iraq, genocide in Syria, and the Yemen war.
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