Israel seizes long-standing UNRWA compound in Jerusalem

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Israeli security forces forcibly seized and removed the employees inside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Kalandia Training Center in East Jerusalem on Tuesday.

The building had been UNRWA’s oldest vocational training center and had been open for more than seven decades. UNRWA said in a statement, “at least four armored vehicles” entered the United Nations compound “accompanied by more than 50 Israeli security personnel,” while roughly 20 staff members were on site at the time.

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