The United Nations's highest court has ruled Israel must allow aid groups unimpeded access to Gaza and that its attempts to stop a UN agency delivering aid to Palestinians are illegal.

The non-binding advisory opinion, requested by the UN General Assembly, found unanimously that Israel must ensure Palestinians were adequately supplied with the essentials of daily life, and that Gazans had been lacking those things during the war.

It also found Israel could not unilaterally decide to shut down the UN Relief and Works Agency, which was the lead agency delivering aid in Gaza, or impede any other UN agencies.

Israel has alleged the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has been infiltrated by Hamas. It closed its offices in East Jerusalem after passing laws banning the group.

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