Overview
- UNRWA reports Israeli police with municipal teams forced their way into the sealed Sheikh Jarrah site, cut communications, and removed furniture and IT equipment.
- Israel Police say they secured a Jerusalem municipality debt-collection operation over alleged property tax arrears of about 11 million shekels.
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the “unauthorized entry” and said the compound remains protected UN property under international law.
- UN-contracted guards said they were confined and had their phones taken as an Israeli flag was hoisted over the compound.
- The offices have been inactive since Israel banned UNRWA in 2024, and the agency’s reduced footprint and donor cutoffs have strained services for millions of Palestinian refugees.