Iman Helles, a displaced mother sheltering in a facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, fears that she will now be “thrown out to the streets” with her three children.

Israeli laws banning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which were passed last October, come into effect on Thursday. The most immediate impact will be in east Jerusalem,

Israeli officials have not spelt out how they will enforce the legislation passed last year by Israel's parliament, which accused Unrwa of being complicit with Hamas - an allegation the agency denied.