Palestine’s mission to the United Nations has written to the current president of the world body’s Security Council accusing Israel of “unabated” attacks on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) as part of a campaign to do “irreparable harm to Palestinian people”.

In a letter on Friday to the current UNSC president Pedro Comissario Afonso, Palestine’s permanent observer at the UN, Riyad Mansour, called attention to “harassment, incitement, threats and direct Israeli attacks on UNRWA”.

“Such incitement and attacks cannot go unanswered,” Mansour wrote.

“The Security Council must act immediately to bring a halt to all unlawful Israeli measures and attacks and demand a halt to all interference, incitement and threats against UNRWA and the endangerment of its staff and premises.”

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