Israel demolishes headquarters of UN agency which provides aid to Palestinians

Israeli bulldozers demolish a UNRWA compound (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Israeli crews have begun bulldozing a United Nations headquarters in east Jerusalem as the government tightens restrictions on humanitarian groups that provide aid to Palestinians.

UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, said on X that Israeli forces had confiscated staff devices and forced them out of their headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.