JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces began firing tear gas at Palestinian trade school in East Jerusalem Tuesday, marking their second targeting of a UN facility.
Earlier, forces demolished portions of the main compound of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA.
Roland Friedrich, the group’s West Bank director, said Israeli forces had arrived at a vocational school for young Palestinians in Qalandia, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. More than 300 young refugees receive job training in technology and welding.
The raids are the latest in Israel’s long-running campaign against UNRWA, which it has banned from Israeli territory and accuses of being infiltrated by militants – a charge UNRWA denies.
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