Unrwa says Israel breached international law by using its facility as detention centre

The UN’s refugee agency for Palestinians, Unrwa, condemned the Israeli military use of its Arroub Camp Health Centre near Bethlehem as a temporary detention site on February 12, as a "blatant disregard for the inviolability of United Nations facilities".

“[The military] forcibly entered the health centre and used it for the detention and interrogation of tens of Palestinian residents rounded up in the camp,” a statement by the agency said.

“Unfortunately, this recent incident follows a pattern of forcible entries into Unrwa installations in the West Bank since October 2023, by both Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups”.