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Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who arrived in Israel shortly after Vice President JD Vance left for Washington, railed against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) amid the U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

“UNRWA’s not going to play any role in it,” Rubio said when asked about whether the controversial agency would assist in delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza. “The United Nations is here. They’re on the ground. We’re willing to work with them if they can make it work, but not UNRWA. UNRWA became a subsidiary of Hamas.”

UNRWA demanded in a post on X that it be allowed to do work in Gaza.

“As the largest U.N. agency operating in the Gaza Strip, by far, UNRWA has an unparalleled logistical network,

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