Israel said it would halt UN children’s fund shipments to Gaza from Egypt after it said it had foiled an attempt to smuggle tobacco and nicotine in Unicef-coordinated shipments Tuesday.

Israel “informed the head of Unicef of the suspension of aid shipments to the Gaza Strip originating from Egypt and coordinated by the agency, following the thwarting of an attempted smuggling of tobacco and nicotine products detected today at the Kerem Shalom Crossing within humanitarian aid shipments coordinated by the agency,” said COGAT, the Israeli body in charge of civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories.

COGAT added that the suspension would remain in place “until the agency provides the findings of a full investigation”.