With world's eyes on Gaza, attacks are on rise in West Bank
Monday, 20 November 2023 Israeli settler attacks have surged in the occupied West Bank since the conflict in Gaza began, according to the United Nations. Settlers have killed nine Palestinians, destroyed over 3,000 olive trees, and forced over 900 people to abandon their homes. The Israeli army has only made one arrest related to settler violence, and rights groups argue that settlers enjoy a sense of impunity due to their close relationship with the Israeli government.
Following the Hamas militant group's 7 October attacks and Israel's subsequent ground offensive in Gaza, there have been apparent reprisals against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
A crowd of Palestinians celebrate the release of prisoners from Israeli imprisonment upon their arrival in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, as part of a Israel-Hamas hostage exchange..
Harvest season in the occupied West Bank has coincided with the eruption of war between Israel and Hamas this year. Since Hamas's 7 October attacks on southern Israel, Palestinian olive farmers have..
Many Gazan workers stranded in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank and forced to sleep outside on mattresses in the courtyard of the local community centre, want to return home, despite the war. "I..
Monday, 20 November 2023
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