GENEVA, Switzerland — A training center for hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank could be closed within days by Israeli authorities, jeopardizing the education of students, the UN Palestinian refugee agency said on Friday.

The Qalandiya Training Center, which teaches 350 young male students from across the West Bank skills such as plumbing and vehicle maintenance, could be shut, as the land it sits on is at risk of expropriation by Israeli authorities, UNRWA said.

“If the center were to be forcibly closed — and we do fear that this could happen within days — there is no educational alternative for these students. So you’re depriving a large cohort of Palestine refugees of economic opportunities,” Jonathan Fowler, UNRWA’s spokesperson, told reporters in Geneva, speaking via video link from Amman, Jordan.

“The right to education would be under attack there… The international community needs to wake up,” he added.

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Reuters.

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