{"id":247651,"date":"2026-01-20T07:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/247651\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:49:12","slug":"israeli-authorities-begin-demolition-at-jerusalem-unrwa-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/247651\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Authorities Begin Demolition at Jerusalem UNRWA Compound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-chromatic=\"ignore\" title=\"A handout photograph released by Egypt's State Information Service shows Ali Shaath (C), head of the new Palestinian technocratic committee for administering the Gaza Strip, posing with its members during the inaugural meeting of 'National Committee for the Administration of Gaza' (NCAG), in Cairo on Sunday. Credit: AFP\/-\" alt=\"A handout photograph released by Egypt's State Information Service shows Ali Shaath (C), head of the new Palestinian technocratic committee for administering the Gaza Strip, posing with its members during the inaugural meeting of 'National Committee for the Administration of Gaza' (NCAG), in Cairo on Sunday.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1603\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/440299-2.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1mraiob xxymvpz xt7dq6l x193iq5w xh8yej3 x1huxd7x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><img data-chromatic=\"ignore\" title=\"A handout photograph released by Egypt's State Information Service shows Ali Shaath (C), head of the new Palestinian technocratic committee for administering the Gaza Strip, posing with its members during the inaugural meeting of 'National Committee for the Administration of Gaza' (NCAG), in Cairo on Sunday. Credit: AFP\/-\" alt=\"A handout photograph released by Egypt's State Information Service shows Ali Shaath (C), head of the new Palestinian technocratic committee for administering the Gaza Strip, posing with its members during the inaugural meeting of 'National Committee for the Administration of Gaza' (NCAG), in Cairo on Sunday.\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1603\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/440299-2.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" class=\"x1mraiob xxymvpz xt7dq6l x193iq5w xh8yej3\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Close<\/p>\n<p>A handout photograph released by Egypt&#8217;s State Information Service shows Ali Shaath (C), head of the new Palestinian technocratic committee for administering the Gaza Strip, posing with its members during the inaugural meeting of &#8216;National Committee for the Administration of Gaza&#8217; (NCAG), in Cairo on Sunday. Credit: AFP\/-<\/p>\n<p>A handout photograph released by Egypt&#8217;s State Information Service shows Ali Shaath (C), head of the new Palestinian technocratic committee for administering the Gaza Strip, posing with its members during the inaugural meeting of &#8216;National Committee for the Administration of Gaza&#8217; (NCAG), in Cairo on Sunday. Credit: AFP\/-<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Palestinian sources say that Israel is refusing to allow members of <a class=\"x1bvjpef x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2026-01-13\/ty-article\/.premium\/sources-gaza-technocratic-committee-to-be-announced-in-cairo-amid-questions-over-mandate\/0000019b-b8f4-d6d3-a59b-b9ffd71f0000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Palestinian technocratic committee set to oversee Gaza<\/a> into the Strip.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">According to the sources, committee members planned to enter the Strip this week through the Rafah Crossing and take over its civilian administration by the end of the week. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">In the meantime, committee members continue to meet in Cairo, and representatives of mediating countries, particularly Egypt, are working with the United States to approve entry of the technocrats into the Strip by the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">According to sources involved in the committee members&#8217; discussions in Cairo, the experts do not know when and how they will begin their work in the field, given Israel&#8217;s refusal to let them in. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">The Israeli Prime Minister&#8217;s Office and the Headquarters for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) did not respond to Haaretz&#8217;s inquiry on the matter. <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Under U.S. President Donald <a class=\"x1bvjpef x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2025-11-18\/ty-article\/.premium\/un-security-council-approves-u-s-proposal-to-deploy-gaza-stabilization-force\/0000019a-93aa-da51-a7fb-ffff613c0000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump&#8217;s 20-point plan<\/a>, the Gaza technocrat committee would be tasked with providing &#8220;daily public services and municipal services&#8221; in the Strip and would operate under the supervision of <a class=\"x1bvjpef x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/2026-01-20\/ty-article\/.premium\/trumps-board-of-peace-has-european-states-worried-but-most-refrain-from-direct-criticism\/0000019b-d7eb-d2f8-af9b-f7fb32590000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Board of Peace.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Close A handout photograph released by Egypt&#8217;s State Information Service shows Ali Shaath (C), head of the new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,1904,54,50,51,1514,86,1031,85,46,9152,1513,43,3215],"class_list":{"0":"post-247651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","9":"tag-cease-fire-hostage-release-talks","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-gaza","12":"tag-hamas","13":"tag-hamas-hostages","14":"tag-hezbollah","15":"tag-idf","16":"tag-il","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-israel-u-s","19":"tag-israel-gaza-war","20":"tag-news","21":"tag-october-7"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}