US EditionIsraeli settler attacks against Palestinians reach record number in October, U.N. says
- On Friday the United Nations reported at least 264 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during October, the highest monthly total since 2006.
- Home to 2.7 million Palestinians, the West Bank is central to plans for a future Palestinian state but has been fragmented by settlement expansion by successive Israeli governments.
- OCHA said the attacks averaged eight incidents per day and caused casualties and property damage, with 42 Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces this year.
- Despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire in October, Israel's mission to the United Nations did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the West Bank attacks.
- Since 2006, OCHA has documented over 9,600 attacks, about 1,500 this year, while over half a million Israeli settlers live in the West Bank.
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In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians during the month of October, an average of more than eight incidents per day. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Osha), this is the largest number of settler attacks in a month since the United Nations began to identify these incidents in 2006.
Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians reach record number in
NEW YORK: Israeli settlers carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during October, marking the biggest monthly total since UN officials began tracking such incidents in 2006, the UN said. In a statement warning against the sharp rise in violence, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the attacks, which resulted
Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians reach record number in October, UN say
Israeli settlers carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during October, marking the biggest monthly total since United Nations officials began tracking such incidents in 2006, the UN said on Friday. In a statement warning against the sharp rise in violence, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the attacks, which resulted in casualties and property damage, amounted to an average …
Israeli settlers carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in October, according to the UN agency OCHA. The figure is the highest since 2006.
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