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The UN warned Friday of a sharp rise in illegal Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, marking the highest monthly toll in October in nearly two decades, Anadolu reports. Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq reported “a sharp rise in settler violence against Palestinians, both in frequency and severity,” during a news conference, adding: “Last month, OCHA recorded 264 settler attacks that caused casualties, property damage or both.” He noted: “That’s the highest monthly toll in nearly two decades of record keeping, averaging more than eight incidents every single day since 2006.” According to OCHA, more than 9,600 such attacks have been documented, with about 1,500 occurring this […]
