Israeli Forces Raid UNRWA Centre, Injuring 5 as Israel Moves to Replace East Jerusalem Site
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 25
Israeli Forces Raid UNRWA Centre, Injuring 5 as Israel Moves to Replace East Jerusalem Site
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 25
Summary
Five Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire after forces raided UNRWA’s Qalandiya Training Centre in Kafr Aqab, expelled staff and told them not to return.
Israeli officials said the operation followed Netanyahu’s directive and a 2024 law banning UNRWA activity in Israel, with the Foreign Ministry saying the site will be turned into a municipal education and community complex.
UNRWA called the armed entry into a UN facility an unauthorized violation of its legal protections and said the centre serves 16,000 Palestinian refugees, while Palestinian officials and Fatah denounced the seizure as a dangerous escalation.
The raid also shut the nearby Qalandiya checkpoint linking East Jerusalem and the northern West Bank, and followed an earlier Israeli operation against UNRWA premises in Sheikh Jarrah as pressure on the agency widens.