Israel's Netanyahu: UNRWA's mission 'must be terminated'

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) must be shut down.

"It's time for the international community and the U.N. itself to understand that UNRWA's mission must be terminated," Netanyahu told visiting U.N. delegates, according to a statement from his office.

"It seeks to preserve the issue of Palestinian refugees. We must replace UNRWA with other U.N. agencies and other aid agencies, if we want to solve the Gaza problem as we plan to do."