The head of the Nour Shams Camp Services Committee, Nihad Al-Shawish, said in a phone call with the official news agency, WAFA, that the occupation bulldozers demolished the UNRWA office located in the middle of the camp and razed its outer walls.

Al-Shawish explained that Nour Shams camp includes two UNRWA schools, one for girls and the other for boys, and both provide educational services to a total of 1,536 according to data for the 2022-2023 academic year.

He pointed out that the camp also contains a health center that provides primary health care services, including reproductive health services, infant and child care, vaccinations and medical examinations, and a dental clinic, all of which are run by the UNRWA office.

Last Monday, the Israeli Knesset approved, in the second and third readings, a law banning the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), despite international and UN warnings about the danger of this legislation, which violates international and UN charters and laws.

The law aims to “prevent any UNRWA activity in the territory of the State of Israel,” and states that “UNRWA will not operate any representative office, will not provide any service, and will not carry out any activity, directly or indirectly, in the territory of the State of Israel.”

Under the law, the 1967 agreement that allowed UNRWA to operate in Israel is cancelled, and the agency's activities in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories are therefore halted, and any contact between Israeli officials and its employees is prohibited.

UNRWA was established by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in 1949, and was mandated to provide assistance and protection to Palestine refugees in its five areas of operation: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.