UN urges Israel to ‘end unlawful killings’ in West Bank

The United Nations warns that the situation in the West Bank is rapidly deteriorating and urges Israel to “end unlawful killings” against the Palestinian population” in a new report.

“The use of military tactics and weapons in law enforcement contexts, the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force, and the enforcement of broad, arbitrary and discriminatory movement restrictions that affect Palestinians are extremely troubling,” UN rights chief Volker Turk says in a statement.

Since the deadly Hamas assault on southern Israel on October 7, more than 2,550  Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces across the West Bank, including more than 1,300 affiliated with Hamas.

According to the Palestinian Authority health ministry, some 300 West Bank Palestinians have been killed in that time.

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