Israeli army carries out a raid, and replaces the UN flag with the Israeli flag at the UNRWA center in east Jerusalem on Monday, December 08. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu/Getty Images Jerusalem —

Israeli authorities raided the compound of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, took down the UN flag, and raised Israel’s flag, UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X.

Lazzarini said Israeli police, accompanied by Jerusalem municipal officials, “forcibly” entered the UNRWA compound, bringing in “trucks and forklifts.”

“All communications were cut. Furniture, IT (Information Technology) equipment, and other property were seized,” he added.

Israeli police told CNN in a statement that the operation “was carried out by the Jerusa

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