The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Tuesday that Israeli forces have raided its Qalandiya Training Centre, its last operational facility in occupied East Jerusalem, five times since the start of 2026, Anadolu reports.
Speaking to Anadolu during a tour organized by the agency at the center, Acting Head of UNRWA’s Media Office in the occupied West Bank, Abeer Ismail, said the center remains UNRWA’s last functioning facility in occupied East Jerusalem.
“UNRWA has not received any Israeli order to close, confiscate or demolish it,” she said.
According to Ismail, Israel’s law banning UNRWA’s activities in Jerusalem came into force more than a year ago, leading to the closure of the agency’s headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, its six schools in East Jerusalem and its clinics in the Shuafat refugee camp and the Old City.
“Despite receiving no official closure or confiscation orders, Israeli authorities have carried out five raids on the center since the beginning of the year without prior notice,” she said.
