![Children gather outside the gate of the Kalandia vocational training centre (KTC), run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which was raided by Israeli forces earlier at the Qalandia camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank on February 18, 2025. [Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-2199687694-1.jpg?fit=920%2C613&ssl=1)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday called on the international community to act “immediately and decisively” to safeguard its Qalandia Training Center north of Jerusalem after Israeli security forces raided the facility, Anadolu reports.
“Today at approximately 10:00, Israeli Security Forces forcibly entered” the center in occupied East Jerusalem, UNRWA said in a statement.
At least four armored vehicles entered the premises, accompanied by more than 50 Israeli security personnel, it added.
Approximately 20 UNRWA staff members were present at the site at the time of the incident, the agency noted.
“The entry of armed security forces into a United Nations facility, without the authorization or consent of the United Nations, is unacceptable,” it added.
Earlier Tuesday, the Israeli army carried out raids in the village of Kafr Aqab and the Qalandia refugee camp north of Jerusalem, forcing agency staff to vacate the training center.
Israeli forces also issued demolition warnings for several Palestinian structures in the area.
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