Israel Hayom: UNRWA's Commissioner General is leading a plan for the gradual closure of the agency and the transfer of its powers to other parties. Saunders, leads a plan to gradually close the agency and transfer its responsibilities and activities to other parties. According to the newspaper, the plan includes the transfer of UNRA's responsibilities in the West Bank to the Palestinian Authority, and in the Gaza Strip to the "Peace Council", in light of a financial gap estimated at approximately 70 to 100 million dollars in the agency's budget for the current year. She noted that the initial steps to implement the plan have already begun, despite Palestinian and international opposition, as the PLO and the Palestinian Authority are working to make it possible, while countries including Switzerland, Ireland and Egypt oppose it.