Lack of accountability allows Israel to use ‘excessive force’ in West Bank: NRC chief
Failing to hold Israel accountable for its use of “excessive force” against Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank has allowed its armed forces to violate international humanitarian law, says Norwegian Refugee Council chief Jan Egeland.
Egeland said that while all eyes are currently on Rafah, focus should not be taken off what Israel is doing in the West Bank where on Thursday, Israeli military helicopters used heavy machine guns in the Jenin refugee camp.
According to the UN, Egeland said in a post on social media, between June 2023, and May 15, 2024, Israel carried out 64 air strikes in the occupied West Bank which killed 123 Palestinians and injured 203.
“The failure to hold Israel accountable has allowed its forces to violate IHL [international humanitarian law] without consequence,” he said.
Palestinian resident forced to self-demolish home in occupied East Jerusalem
Local media have published scenes of the “self-demolition” of a Palestinian residential building consisting of several floors with a bulldozer, in the town of Jabal Mukaber in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli authorities had forced the Palestinian resident to self-demolish, according to local media.
Israel withholding Palestinian Authority tax money
