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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Documents reveal alleged pattern of Israeli harassment of Unrwa workers on West Bank

A man with his back to the camera wearing a blue vest with the UN logo on the back
A UN worker pictured in the yard of a UN-run school in Gaza. Unrwa has provided vital support to Palestinians for decades and has previously been accused by Israel of collaborating with Hamas. Photograph: Mohammed Faiq/AFP/Getty Images

UN staff working with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been subjected to a systematic campaign of obstruction and harassment by the Israeli military and authorities since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza five months ago, according to internal UN documents obtained by the Guardian.

The documents record hundreds of incidents ranging from the alleged blindfolding and beating of UN staff at checkpoints to the use of UN facilities by Israeli troops as firing positions during raids on refugee camps in which Palestinians were killed.

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