A UN spokesperson said Israel has an obligation to protect Palestinians from settler attacks, which have increased since October 7.
The United Nations human rights office has called on Israel to end its support for settler attacks in the occupied West Bank.
Tuesday's call came a day after an Israeli settler shot dead two Palestinians after a Palestinian teenager was killed during a military raid in the West Bank.
Separately on Saturday, dozens of settlers attacked the village of al-Mughayyir northeast of Ramallah, leaving one Palestinian dead and at least 25 people with a 14-year-old Israeli settler missing. I was injured.
Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said: “Israel, as an occupying power, must do everything possible to restore and ensure security and security in the occupied West Bank to the greatest extent possible.'' No,” he said. ”
“This obligation includes protecting Palestinians from settler attacks and ending the unlawful use of force against Palestinians by Israeli security forces,” she said.
The spokesperson described the escalation in violence as a “grave concern” and called on “influenced countries to do everything in their power” to de-escalate tensions.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 466 people have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank since October 7, when Israel launched its war on Gaza following attacks on southern Israel led by the Palestinian group that rules Gaza, Hamas. announced that a Palestinian had been killed.
Separately on Tuesday, Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq said in a statement that 112 children have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7, and three more by settlers.
Attacks by settlers have more than doubled from an average of three to eight a day, al-Haq said. Palestinian displacement rates have more than doubled, with settlement expansion displacing an average of 280 Palestinians every month, the highest level since UN monitoring began in 2017.
Al-Haq, Almezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) on Tuesday appealed to the international community, as well as private organizations and businesses, to act to stop violence against Palestinians.
Meanwhile, the United Nations announced on Wednesday it would launch a $2.8 billion donation drive to help Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, a senior UN official said.
“Of course, 90 percent [the budget] Andrea de Domenico, director of the Palestinian Authority's Humanitarian Affairs Coordination Authority, said the original plan was for $4 billion in 2024, but the budget had been cut to take into account the “limited capacity” for humanitarian aid. It pointed out. Distribution access.
