According to the UN report released on December 28, 2023, the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem is rapidly deteriorating.
The report calls on Israel Regime to end unlawful killings and settler violence against the Palestinian population. The report calls for an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means, an end to arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Palestinians, and the lifting of discriminatory movement restrictions.
The UN Human Rights Office has verified the deaths of 300 Palestinians from 7 October to 27 December 2023, including 79 children, in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Of these, Israeli Security Forces killed at least 291 Palestinians, settlers killed eight, and one Palestinian was killed either by Israeli Security Forces or settlers.
“The use of military tactics means and weapons in law enforcement contexts, the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force, and the enforcement of broad, arbitrary and discriminatory movement restrictions that affect Palestinians are extremely troubling,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, reflecting on the findings of the report.
“The violations documented in this report repeat the pattern and nature of violations reported in the past in the context of the long-standing Israeli occupation of the West Bank. However, the intensity of the violence and repression is something that has not been seen in years,” he added.
“I call on Israel to take immediate, clear and effective steps to put an end to settler violence against the Palestinian population, to investigate all incidents of violence by settlers and Israeli Security Forces, to ensure effective protection of Palestinian communities against any form of forcible transfer, and to ensure the ability of herding communities displaced due to repeated attacks by armed settlers to return to their lands.”