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Attacks on Palestinians intensifying in occupied West Bank: UN rights body

At least 964 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank since the Gaza war began in October 2023 [File: Alaa Badarneh/EPA]

Israeli settlers and security forces have intensified their killings, attacks and harassment of Palestinians in recent weeks in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the United Nations human rights office warns.

The violence also includes the demolitions of hundreds of homes and forced mass displacement of Palestinians as well as annexations of more land in violation of international law, Thameen Al-Kheetan, spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday.

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