About 800 children affected by school closures in occupied West Bank, UN says

The head of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said that 800 boys and girls will most probably lose their school year as they are directly impacted by the closure of six schools in the occupied West Bank.

“UNRWA schools are protected by the privileges and immunities of the United Nations,” Philippe Lazzarini wrote in a post on X.

“Today’s unauthorised entries and issuance of closure orders are a violation of these protections and represent a revocation of Israel’s obligations under international law.”

Lazzarini said Unrwa remains committed to “stay and deliver education and other basic services” to Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.