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Asharq Al-Awsat
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UN Deems Eviction of Palestinians from Masafer Yatta as ‘War Crime’

Palestinian demonstrators gesture next to Israeli forces during a protest against Israeli settlements in Masafer Yatta, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

The United Nations has warned that the forced evictions of Palestinians by Israeli occupation forces in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and amounts to a “war crime.”

The UN Office for the Coordination of the Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) states in its weekly report on Friday that the forcible transfer of civilians from, or within, the occupied Palestinian territory is absolutely prohibited under international humanitarian Law.

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