Qatar Strongly Condemns Israeli Occupation Forces’ Raid on UNRWA Headquarters in East Jerusalem

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Doha – 9 December 2025

The State of Qatar strongly condemns the raid carried out by Israeli occupation forces on the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law and a flagrant challenge to the will of the international community.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns that Israel’s systematic targeting of UNRWA ultimately aims to dismantle the agency and deprive millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon of its essential services. The Ministry stresses the urgent need for the international community to stand firmly against this plan in order to prevent its catastrophic humanitarian consequences.

The Ministry reaffirms Qatar’s full support for UNRWA, based on the State’s firm position in backing the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people, foremost among them the right to establish an independent state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.