Israel Takes Control of UN Training Centre for Palestinians
UNRWA said 20 staff were on site as Israeli forces entered the compound, while UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned the incursion.
- On August 25, Israeli forces seized control of a UNRWA vocational training centre in Qalandia, east Jerusalem, with armoured vehicles entering around 10 a.m. and closing the main road nearby.
- Israel's foreign ministry claims UNRWA lacks property rights to the plot, where the Jerusalem municipality plans a new complex. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir celebrated the action on Telegram as "making history."
- UNRWA stated that 20 staff members were present when forces "forcibly entered," condemning the incursion "unequivocally." Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said premises are "inviolable and immune from any form of interference."
- The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the raid, accusing Israel of seeking "to challenge the status and immunities of the United Nations and to impose facts on the ground by force." The incident occurred in occupied east Jerusalem.
- Recent investigations identified "neutrality-related issues" at the agency, yet experts stress Israel has not provided conclusive evidence for its allegations linking UNRWA to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack.
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Israel takes control of UN training centre for Palestinians
Israeli forces took control of a vocational training centre run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in an east Jerusalem suburb on Tuesday, in its latest move targeting the beleaguered organisation. The raid drew condemnation from UN chief Antonio Guterres, and followed warnings by UNRWA that Israeli authorities were threatening its Qalandia training centre. The centre was established in 1952 and offers vocational training to around 340 Pa…
Israel seizes UN training centre for Palestinian teens in East Jerusalem
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The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, denounced on Tuesday an incursion by Israeli forces into a training center of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in a suburb of East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces on Tuesday took control of a vocational training center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in an eastern Jerusalem suburb.
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