UN says West Bank displacement at ‘record levels’
The UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, also says that “violence is surging” in the occupied West Bank, according to its latest monthly update.
“Aid groups are stepping in, but we must not let the West Bank become another Gaza,” OCHA’s office in Palestine said in a post on X.
According to OCHA’s data, 44,285 people were displaced in January and February 2025 in the occupied West Bank. Of those, the vast majority, 38,710 were displaced by fighting between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters in the north of the West Bank.
A further 2,765 people were displaced because Israeli forces destroyed their homes while 837 were displaced due to settler violence and access restrictions, OCHA said.
Violence is surging in the #WestBank. Displacement is at record levels. Aid groups are stepping in, but we must not let the West Bank become another #Gaza.
📊 Read our monthly snapshot: https://t.co/gWjuiM5201 pic.twitter.com/s673PlxC3J
— OCHA OPT (Palestine) (@ochaopt) April 14, 2025
Israel’s Ben-Gvir storms occupied West Bank’s Ibrahimi Mosque
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has once again led a group of settlers in an unexpected visit to the Ibarhimi Mosque in Hebron, sources have confirmed to Al Jazeera.
The head of the ultranationalist Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party also took to the stage to discuss internal Israeli political affairs, including the government’s efforts to oust internal security agency Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar amid a row with the prime minister.
Ben-Gvir has made multiple controversial visits under armed guard to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the war on Gaza as well. This latest visit to the Hebron mosque comes as hundreds of Israeli settlers have entered Al-Aqsa Mosque in the past three days to mark Passover.
Israeli forces arrest 14 Palestinians in occupied West Bank: Prisoners’ Media Office
At least 14 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office. The majority of the arrests came in the Jerusalem governorate where three people were arrested in the al-Issawiya neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem and three in the town of Anata.
In the governorate of Ramallah, three Palestinians were arrested in the town of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya and one in the village of Kobar. In the city of Tulkarem, one man was arrested in the neighbourhood of Ezbet al-Jarad and another in Ezbet al-Tayah.
Two more Palestinians were arrested in the governorate of Nablus, including one in the town of Beit Furik and another in the city of Nablus.
Settlers steal 250 sheep after assaulting Palestinian in West Bank: Report
Israeli settlers reportedly have attacked a young man this evening while he was herding sheep in Wadi Qelt, west of Jericho, and took the livestock. A local Bedouin rights activist told the Wafa news agency that settlers smashed the Palestinian’s phone and took 250 sheep belonging to his father.
Another major settler attack was reported in the nearby Arab al-Malihat community, north of Jericho city. Backed by Israeli soldiers, settlers stormed in from three directions with the aim of scaring Palestinians away from their lands.
