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Israel’s anti-UNRWA rhetoric placing facilities, personnel at risk, says agency
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says Israel is violating its international law obligations by ordering it to vacate all premises in occupied East Jerusalem and cease its operations in them by January 30.
“United Nations premises are inviolable and enjoy privileges and immunities under the United Nations Charter,” it said in a statement, adding that Israel is obliged to respect UN privileges and immunities, including “respect for United Nations premises”.
“UNRWA property and assets including in East Jerusalem are immune from search, requisition, confiscation, expropriation, and any other form of interference,” the agency added, alleging that the Israeli authorities’ “anti-UNRWA rhetoric” is placing its “facilities and personnel at risk”.
“The State of Israel must take all appropriate measures consistent with international law obligations to ensure that UNRWA’s property and installations are respected and protected,” UNRWA said.
Israel’s actions in West Bank do not indicate it is committed to peace
More from Xavier Abu Eid, the former communications director of the PLO.
When asked if the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal would continue to hold, Abu Eid noted that Egypt, Qatar and the US had all invested time and effort in securing the agreement.
“We have to note that the ceasefire was a huge victory for Qatari and Egyptian diplomacy. It was pushed also by the Trump administration,” he said.
“But let’s remember that it’s only a ceasefire. We’re not talking here about the peace process, and we’re not talking here about anything that goes beyond Gaza. What Israel has been doing over the past days, over the past weeks, since a ceasefire was reached, was to put all its weight, all its pressure, on the occupied West Bank,” he added.
“So, clearly, what the Israeli government is doing are not the actions of a government that is committed [to] any sort of agreement. And let’s also look at the record they have. They have never truly implemented any agreement signed with the Palestinian side since 1993 up until now.”
Grandmother of toddler shot dead by Israeli sniper describes murder
The grandmother of two-year-old girl Laila al-Khatib, who was killed by Israeli sniper fire on Saturday in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin while she was eating at home, shared details about the shooting.
The grandmother said in videos shared by journalists on Instagram: “We were here having dinner and there was gunfire, the windows broke. When the girls heard the gunfire, they started running inside. The girl, her mother was feeding her, she got a bullet from the sniper in her head.”
She said with sorrow: “When we asked the sniper what he gained by killing her, he said, ‘Sorry, it was not intentional.’ May God avenge them because they are child killers. This child had no fault. Why did they kill her?”
The grandmother is keeping the remains of her granddaughter’s skull, which was shattered by the bullet, in the home refrigerator until her burial.
Israeli forces demolish homes in Jenin refugee camp
Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in the Bashar neighbourhood, in Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank.
Earlier, the Israeli army also blew up a residential building in the camp belonging to the Talabeh family, reported Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency. Israeli journalist Amit Segal’s channel on Telegram claimed the building hosted an explosives factory.
The Israeli army continues its military incursion in the Jenin camp for the sixth day with demolitions, explosions, and the burning of dozens of Palestinian homes.
Why are there so many Palestinian children in Israeli prisons?
At least 23 Palestinian child prisoners have been released by Israel as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, bringing into focus Israel’s systematic prosecution of Palestinian children in military courts.
According to Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, a rights group based in the occupied West Bank, 320 children were being held in Israeli prisons before the latest prisoner exchanges.
So, what do we know about Palestinian child prisoners and why are they tried in military courts? Read the full story here.
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