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Israeli Police Raid UNRWA Complex in Jerusalem for Second Time in a Week
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Israeli Police Raid UNRWA Complex in Jerusalem for Second Time in a Week

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Israeli police raided the UNRWA Qalandia Training Center in northern Jerusalem for a second time in six days, according to UNRWA sources.
  • UNRWA said Israeli forces remained in the area and expressed concern about damage to the center after the previous incursion.
  • Israel justified its actions by citing alleged involvement of UNRWA employees in the October 2023 Hamas attacks, while the International Court of Justice said Israel had not proved the alleged links or claims that UNRWA lacked neutrality.

Israeli police returned to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees’ Qalandia Training Center in northern Jerusalem six days after authorities first took the compound, UNRWA sources told EFE.

Roland Friedrich, UNRWA’s director of affairs, said Israeli forces continued to maintain a strong presence throughout the Qalandia area. He also said the agency remained concerned about damage to the center during the previous week’s incursion.

The Jerusalem Governorate, the Palestinian Authority body responsible for East Jerusalem, said in a statement that what it called “occupation forces” had entered the institute and deployed throughout its corridors.

There is still a strong presence of Israeli forces throughout the Qalandia area, and we are concerned about the damage the center suffered after the Israeli forces’ incursion last week.

— Roland FriedrichThe UNRWA official described the continuing Israeli presence and the agency’s concerns about the condition of its training center.

Israeli authorities evacuated the UNRWA compound the previous Tuesday. The facility lies in Palestinian East Jerusalem, on the Palestinian side of the separation wall built by Israel to divide the occupied West Bank. The action followed an Israeli parliamentary decision that removed UNRWA’s immunity, ordered the expropriation of its East Jerusalem premises and cut its supplies.

“The center enjoys full privileges and immunities under international law. UNRWA must be allowed access to the center. We must be able to resume our services there, as mandated, as soon as possible,” Friedrich said. Israel has defended its actions by alleging that UNRWA employees in Gaza took part in Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attacks on Israeli territory, which killed 1,200 people. In October 2025, the International Court of Justice concluded that Israel had not proved its alleged links between UNRWA and Hamas or its claim that the organization lacked neutrality.

The center enjoys full privileges and immunities under international law. UNRWA must be allowed access to the center. We must be able to resume our services there, as mandated, as soon as possible.

— Roland FriedrichFriedrich called for UNRWA to regain access and restart services at the compound.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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