Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished buildings and other structures at the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, in occupied East Jerusalem.
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, called the move “a new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law” by Israel.
“What happens today to UNRWA will happen tomorrow to any other international organisation or diplomatic mission, whether in the Occupied Palestinian Territory or anywhere around the world,” he said on X.
The destruction of UNRWA’s compound is the latest action that Israel has taken against the organisation since the outbreak of the Gaza war.
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