The United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) role in serving Hamas came took a hit Monday after Israeli legislators overwhelmingly approved sweeping legislation that effectively bans the UN agency from operating within Israel’s borders.

Under the new law’s provisions, UNRWA will be barred from providing any services in Israel, whether directly or indirectly. Furthermore, it prohibits all Israeli government agencies and officials from meeting with UNRWA representatives anywhere in the world.

A three-month transition period has been established before the prohibition on government interactions takes effect, while criminal proceedings against UNRWA employees will continue unabated. The National Security Council must provide updates every six months on the law’s implementation.

Approximately 100 UNRWA employees directly participated in the October 7 Hamas-led massacre, either through direct involvement in the attacks or by holding Israeli citizens hostage. In February, Israeli forces discovered a Hamas complex directly beneath UNRWA’s Gaza City headquarters, complete with computer servers and a connection to the agency’s electrical system. That same month, Israel’s largest bank froze UNRWA’s account over terror-related financial transfers.

“During the committee’s deliberations on the law, we were shown video evidence of UNRWA personnel involved in transporting a body to the Gaza Strip, along with other evidence of their involvement in terrorism, including the fact that the commander of the massacre at the Reim shelter, where 16 Israelis were killed and four were kidnapped to Gaza, was a UNRWA operative,” said Foreign Affairs Chairman Yuli Edelstein.

“Given this background, and having proved that UNRWA and its employees acted against Israel, the state must determine that UNRWA’s activities in its territory will cease,” he continued. “There is no place for enemies in the heart of the Jewish people’s capital.”

Additionally, more than 100 Oct. 7 survivors have filed a $1 billion lawsuit against UNRWA, including 84-year-old Ditza Heiman of Kibbutz Nir Oz, who was reportedly held captive for seven weeks in the home of a self-identified UNRWA schoolteacher.