Israel begins evicting UN training centre for Palestinians
Israeli forces expelled UNRWA staff and said the site will become a new educational and community complex, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Israeli police raided the Qalandia Training Centre in East Jerusalem, expelling all United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees staff and taking control of the facility to enforce legislation banning the agency from Israeli territory.
- Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir participated in the operation, asserting there is "no place for the agency in Jerusalem and Israel," while officials claim the site belongs to the Jewish National Fund and will become a community complex.
- The training centre, established in 1952, provides vocational training to around 340 Palestinians annually while serving 16,000 refugees across the West Bank; the raid occurred one day after 25 diplomatic missions visited the site.
- Palestinian officials condemned the takeover as an "official determination to challenge the status and immunities of the United Nations," while lawyer Mohammad Dahleh described the action as a direct breach of international law.
- This operation follows a similar raid on UNRWA's Sheikh Jarrah headquarters months ago, marking a broader campaign to dismantle the organization that Israel justifies by citing alleged security concerns involving the agency.
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