The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced that 307 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Gaza war on 7 October.
More than 80 children have been killed in the past 12 weeks in the occupied West Bank, amid intensified military activities, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
The United Nations has urged Israel to “end unlawful killings” of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, warning that the human rights situation in the territory is rapidly deteriorating.
2023 was the deadliest year for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2005, when the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) began keeping records, according to a report by the organization on Saturday.
Israeli soldiers have killed at least 11 Palestinians during an incursion on the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the ministry of health confirmed. Over 290 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire and more than 4,000 others detained since early October, according to Palestinian sources.
An Israeli drone attack on Jenin north of the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killed four Palestinians and wounded several others, the local health ministry has confirmed.
The European Union’s top diplomat has stressed he will propose sanctions on Jewish settlers who are violent against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
General strikes were declared Monday in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Lebanon in a display of solidarity with Gaza, as Israel's war on Gaza continues in the besieged enclave.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has confirmed nearly 450 attacks on health services in Gaza and the West Bank since Oct. 7. He cautioned "now the work of the health workers is impossible".