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UN Palestinian Aid Agency Says Israeli Police 'Forcibly Entered' Compound in Jerusalem
Israeli forces seized UNRWA property, cut communications, and replaced the UN flag with an Israeli flag during a raid amid ongoing tensions since October 2023, UN officials said.
- On Dec 8, Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency's East Jerusalem compound and raised Israel's flag.
- Following the October 7, 2023 attacks, Israeli allegations against UNRWA staff prompted Israel's parliament to pass legislation banning the agency, while the United States halted funding in early 2024.
- Authorities carried out searches that included confiscating phones from security guards, detaining some, cutting communications, and bringing trucks and forklifts while seizing IT equipment and furniture.
- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the unauthorised entry, saying the compound remains UN premises inviolable, while Philippe Lazzarini and Jordan's foreign ministry warned of legal violations and dangerous precedents.
- UNRWA's size means disruptions would hit millions of Palestinian refugees, as its 30,000 staff provide vital services to six million across Gaza, the West Bank and surrounding Arab countries after U.S. funding halted in early 2024.
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Israeli police raid UN refugee agency UNRWA's East Jerusalem compound
JERUSALEM, Dec 8 - Israeli authorities entered the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency's East Jerusalem offices on Monday and raised Israel's flag, in a raid they said was ordered over unpaid taxes but was condemned by the agency as a challenge to international law. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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The UN called the move a challenge to international law, setting a dangerous precedent.
Israel's security forces have conducted a raid on Monday at the headquarters of the Israeli Security Agency...
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The UNRWA complex in East Jerusalem, part of the city annexed by Israel in 1967, has been no longer occupied by employees since January, following Israel's ban on the agency.
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