UN's mine action program chief reports 'at least 92 people have been killed or injured from exposed ordinance since October 23' - Anadolu Ajansı
Israeli operations in the West Bank have killed at least 12 Palestinians since Tuesday and could threaten the newly agreed ceasefire in Gaza, United Nations Human Rights office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said on Friday.
The UN questioned the Israeli military's use of force during its brutal and deadly raids this week in the illegally occupied West Bank.
Palestinian health authorities said an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank killed at least 10 people late Wednesday. Israel’s use of a jet fighter to strike the rural village of Tamoun late Wednesday marked the latest escalation in its intensifying crackdown on Palestinian militants in the occupied territory.
The Israel Defense Forces insisted it was “not forcing the Palestinians to evacuate,” but said it had “allowed residents of the camp to evacuate … through an organized and secured point.”
Several U.N. experts on Monday voiced concern over Israel’s intensified attacks in the occupied West Bank, describing the campaign as a
The sudden expansion of Israeli security operations in the West Bank has killed at least 10 people and follows the start of the delicate ceasefire process in Gaza, by which Israeli hostages are released in stages and will also see the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces.
We are dismayed by the escalation of deadly violence sweeping through Jenin and the rest of the occupied West Bank,' say experts - Anadolu Ajansı
Israel has escalated its invasion and assault of the occupied West Bank this week, as the Gaza ceasefire deal has begun.
The United Nations secretary-general has warned that Israel might seize the opportunity to annex the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces have launched a new military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, after a six-week ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Islamic group Hamas.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, during a confirmation hearing Tuesday with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, expressed dismay that President Trump's nominee to be UN Ambassador, Elise Stefanik, believes Israel has a "Biblical right" to control the Palestinian territories in the West Bank.