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Posted on July 15, 2025
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The UN reports escalating violence in the West Bank, with increased attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers and security forces, leading to significant displacement.
By Olivia Le Poidevin
GENEVA (Reuters) -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 Tuesday.
"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," Thameen Al-Kheetan, a spokesperson for the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCR), told reporters in Geneva.
About 30,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced in the north of the occupied West Bank since the Israeli military launched its "Iron Wall" operation.
It is contributing to the ongoing consolidation of annexation of the West Bank, in violation of international law, the OHCHR said.
In June, the U.N. 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% increase on the same period last year, OHCHR said.
At least 964 Palestinians have been killed since October 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.
(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin, Editing by Friederike Heine and Rachel More)
There has been an increase in killings and attacks against Palestinians by settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank.
About 30,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced in the north of the occupied West Bank since the Israeli military launched its 'Iron Wall' operation.
Since January, there have been 757 settler attacks on Palestinians or their properties, which is a 13% increase compared to the same period last year.
At least 964 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023, by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank.
The OHCHR stated that the ongoing violence contributes to the consolidation of annexation of the West Bank, which is in violation of international law.
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