On Tuesday 20 January, the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Hadja Lahbib, condemned the Israeli decision to forcibly enter and demolish the Sheikh Jarrah compound run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
On Tuesday, without prior warning, Israeli bulldozers destroyed the unoccupied buildings of the UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem.
Ms Lahbib urged the Israeli authorities to put an end to this action, “which...