Israel seizes UNRWA site; Knesset member destroys monument
The events included Israel's takeover of the UNRWA Queldia Training Center in Qeldia Camp in East Jerusalem, with the evacuation of UNRWA staff from the site, and transforming the location into an educational and social complex aimed at serving the Arab population. This new complex includes schools, mosques, sports facilities, and health clinics. Israel denied ownership of the land to UNRWA, claiming that the lands have been owned by the Jewish National Fund since 1937, and asserted that UN activities are prohibited under a law adopted by the Knesset in October 2024. On its part, Israeli forces conducted raids and evictions at the site and at several facilities in the camp and Kafr Aqab town, as part of an Israeli escalation against UNRWA in occupied Jerusalem. These measures follow the closure of UNRWA's main headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, amid increasing tensions in the area and efforts to expel agency staff. UNRWA is an international organization providing various services to Palestinian refugees, and these developments represent an escalation in the challenges faced by the agency in occupied Jerusalem.
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