Israel escalating deadly violence against Palestinians in West Bank: UN

The United Nations has warned of a sharp rise in deadly violence by Israeli settlers and security forces targeting Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

“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, spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, told reporters at a briefing in Geneva on Tuesday.

Rights groups and UN agencies have long accused Israel of enabling settler violence through military backing and near-total impunity.