{
  "id": 3286764,
  "title": "Israel moves to evict UN training centre for Palestinians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/israel-moves-to-evict-un-training-centre-for-palestinians",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T14:29:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/israel-moves-to-evict-un-training-centre-for-palestinians-1.500651999"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, Israeli police conducted a raid on a vocational training center operated by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in east Jerusalem. The facility, located in the Kafr 'Aqab suburb, was targeted following Israeli warnings of threats to its Qalandia training center. Established in 1952, the center provided vocational training to approximately 340 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank annually.\n\nThe raid was initiated by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who announced on his Telegram that \"large forces of the Israel police are operating together with the relevant bodies to implement the law and remove UNRWA from the site.\" The minister claimed that UNRWA employees were involved in terrorism and served as a cover for Hamas, which he deemed unjustified. UNRWA has repeatedly denied these allegations, pointing out that investigations found only \"neutrality-related issues,\" while Israel has not provided conclusive evidence to support its claims.\n\nUpon entering the training center, Israeli forces closed the main road near the entrance and moved personnel from one building to another. The Jerusalem Governorate, the Palestinian local authority managing the region, reported that Israeli forces had raised the Israeli flag in the courtyard of the training center. The Popular Committee for Services in Qalandia accused Israel of attempting to take control of UNRWA's institutions.\n\nIsrael, which occupied and annexed east Jerusalem in 1967, announced that the Jerusalem municipality had begun \"renovation work\" on a new educational and community complex in the Kafr Aqab neighborhood. The statement claimed that UNRWA had been walled off the land for decades, while Israel highlighted its efforts to improve the daily lives of its Arab residents. The raid coincided with a visit from representatives from over 25 diplomatic missions and international organizations to the site.",
  "summary": "Kafr ‘Aqab: Israeli police raided a vocational training centre run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in an east Jerusalem suburb on Tuesday, in a move a far-right minister said aimed to “remove” the body from the site. The move follows repeated warnings by UNRWA that Israeli authorities were threatening its Qalandia training centre, located between the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Kafr…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Israel begins evicting UN training centre for Palestinians",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/israel-begins-evicting-un-training-centre-for-palestinians",
        "published": "2026-08-25T14:30:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}