By Tal Shalev, CNN

Photo: ILIA YEFIMOVICH

Israel began demolishing the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem Tuesday (local time), following passage of a law that banned the activities of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees.

Police forces, alongside enforcement officers from the Israel Land Authority, arrived at the compound with bulldozers and engineering equipment and began demolishing the site, according to footage obtained by CNN. The Israel Land Authority said in a statement that law enforcement "secured full possession of the property and b

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