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Guterres Condemns Israel’s Takeover of UNRWA Center in Jerusalem
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Israel's takeover of the UNRWA Kalandia Training Centre in East Jerusalem and called for the immediate return of the premises to the United Nations.
The UNRWA center, the oldest vocational training facility, has provided free vocational education to hundreds of young Palestinians from the West Bank for over 70 years, helping Palestine refugees gain economic independence.
Israeli settlers set fire to a factory in the West Bank village of Ein Siniya, part of over 1,400 settler attacks recorded by OCHA this year.
Several airstrikes in Gaza hit near humanitarian facilities, but initial assessments showed UN warehouses remained intact and no confirmed damage to UN facilities was reported.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemns an Israeli raid on an education center run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) outside Jerusalem.