The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, said that the Israeli police’s storming of UNRWA schools in Jerusalem and Qalandia today, Tuesday, and ordering their closure, “constitutes a violation of the basic right to education, as well as a violation of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations.”

“Children’s right to access education must be preserved, and UN facilities must be protected and respected at all times and in all places,” Lazzarini said in a statement on the X platform.

He explained that the raid resulted in 250 children in 3 schools in East Jerusalem, and 350 students in the Qalandia Training Center, being deprived of education.

According to Lazzarini, "there were at least 350 students and 30 staff members on site, and they were all affected by this incursion," noting that "tear gas and sound bombs were fired" during the incursion.

He continued: "Earlier this morning, Israeli police officers accompanied employees from the Jerusalem Municipality to a number of UNRWA schools and issued orders to close them."

He explained that "today's events affected 250 children in three UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem, and more than 350 students at the Qalandia Training Centre, a large UN compound."