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“An Assault on Children”: UNRWA Blasts Israeli Raids on East Jerusalem Schools

HeadlineMay 09, 2025

UNRWA condemned Israel’s military after soldiers forced their way into three U.N.-run schools in occupied East Jerusalem while classes were in session on Thursday. The soldiers forced 550 students out of their classrooms at gunpoint, some of them as young as 6 years old. UNRWA’s director said in a statement, “This is an assault on children. An assault on education. … Storming schools and forcing them shut is a blatant disregard of international law.”

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