UN Secretary General Guterres issued a statement on the 8th strongly condemning Israeli officials and law enforcement personnel for breaking into the UNRWA office compound in East Jerusalem without authorization that day. Guterres said that this compound has always been a UN office, inviolable, and not subject to any other form of interference. He urged Israel to immediately take all necessary measures to restore, preserve and guarantee the inviolability of UNRWA premises and to cease any further action against UNRWA premises in accordance with its obligations under the United Nations Charter and other international law.

UN Secretary General Guterres issued a statement on the 8th strongly condemning Israeli officials and law enforcement personnel for breaking into the UNRWA office compound in East Jerusalem without authorization that day. Guterres said that this compound has always been a UN office, inviolable, and not subject to any other form of interference. He urged Israel to immediately take all necessary measures to restore, preserve and guarantee the inviolability of UNRWA premises and to cease any further action against UNRWA premises in accordance with its obligations under the United Nations Charter and other international law.