UNRWA chief calls Israeli raid on East Jerusalem HQ ‘deliberate defiance of int’l law’

The head of the UN agency for Palestinians said on Tuesday that Israeli forces stormed its East Jerusalem headquarters, and bulldozers began demolishing it, calling this “deliberate defiance of international law.” “A new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, by the State of Israel,” Philippe Lazzarini said of the latest Israeli attack in a post on the US social media platform X. “Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem. Bulldozers entered the compound and began demolishing buildings inside it under the watch of lawmakers & a member of the government.” Describing the attack as “an unprecedented attack” against […]