Israeli forces close 6 UN-run schools in E. Jerusalem: UNRWA


RAMALLAH, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The UN agency for Palestine refugees said on Thursday that it has been forced to evacuate all children across the six schools it runs in East Jerusalem, after heavily armed Israeli forces entered three schools among them this morning.

"Now, nearly 800 girls and boys -- some as young as six years old -- are left in shock and trauma," Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on social media platform X.

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