Israeli police swap UN flag for Israeli flag during raid on UNRWA compound

Philippe Lazzarini said through US social media company X: “Today in the early morning, Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the @UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem.”

“Police motorcycles, as well as trucks & forklifts, were brought in & all communications were cut. Furniture, IT equipment & other property was seized,” he added.

Lazzarini continued that the UN flag “was pulled down & replaced with an Israeli flag.”

The agency’s headquarters, located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem, had been vacated earlier this year following an Israeli decision.