Attacks against Palestinians intensify in occupied West Bank

15/7/2025 18:49

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.