UN decries ‘unfathomable’ numbers killed in occupied West Bank since October 7
The UN rights chief has demanded an end to surging violence in the occupied West Bank, saying it was “unfathomable” that more than 500 Palestinians had been killed there since October 7.
“As if the tragic events in Israel and then Gaza over the past eight months were not enough, the people of the occupied West Bank are also being subjected to day-after-day of unprecedented bloodshed,” Volker Turk said in a statement.
“It is unfathomable that so many lives have been taken in such a wanton fashion.”
Israeli forces continue to impose closure on occupied West Bank’s Jericho
For the second consecutive day, Israeli forces have imposed a closure on the occupied West Bank city, the sole access point to the King Hussein Bridge, or Allenby Bridge, crossing into Jordan.
According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli troops set up military checkpoints as well as several other barricades at the entry points to Jericho.
Wafa also reported that soldiers have been stopping and searching Palestinians’ cars while also preventing them from leaving the city.
Israeli forces demolish house in Masafer Yatta, near Hebron
Israeli soldiers have also assaulted the owner of the house, Mahmoud Jibreen al-Nawajaa, according to the Wafa news agency.
Nine people lived in the 200sq metres (2152sq feet) house located in Wadi al-Jawiya, east of Yatta, the report said.
Last month, three homes in Yatta were demolished by Israeli forces. The total number of destroyed homes and agricultural structures across the occupied West Bank in May was 47.
