Attacks against Palestinians intensify in occupied West Bank, says UN rights office
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Mourners on July 13 carrying the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.
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GENEVA – There has been an increase in killings of and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks, the United Nations human rights office said on July 15.
“Israeli settlers and security forces have intensified their killings, attacks and harassment of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in the past weeks,” Mr Thameen Al-Kheetan, a spokesman for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCR), told reporters in Geneva.
About 30,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced
It is contributing to the ongoing consolidation of annexation of the West Bank, in violation of international law, the OHCHR said.
In June, the United Nations recorded the highest monthly count of Palestinians injured in over two decades in the West Bank.
Since January, there have been 757 settler attacks on Palestinians or their properties, which is a 13 per cent increase on the same period in 2024, OHCHR said.
At least 964 Palestinians have been killed since Oct 7, 2023, by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Fifty-three Israelis have been killed in the West Bank and in Israel in reported attacks by Palestinians or in armed clashes, the office added. REUTERS
