UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in Palestine has expressed alarm at the “wave of renewed violence” by Israeli settlers and armed forces in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports.
“The UN Human Rights Office is alarmed by a wave of renewed violence perpetrated by settlers and Israeli security forces in the Occupied West Bank, coinciding with the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement,” it said in a statement.
The OHCHR also said the violence was accompanied by reinforced restrictions on Palestinians’ freedom of movement, including the closure of checkpoints and installation of new gates, resulting in entire communities being locked in.
Highlighting multiple recent settler attacks on Palestinian villages as well as yesterday’s raid in several West Bank towns by Israeli forces, which killed a Palestinian teenager, the UN body also said it was concerned about Israel’s plans to expand and increase operations in the Palestinian territory.
