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UN official warns about 'alarming rate' of Israeli occupier attacks in West Bank

 Published: 10:47, 25 March 2026

UN official warns about 'alarming rate' of Israeli occupier attacks in West Bank

A senior UN official warned Tuesday that violence by Israeli occupiers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has reached an "alarming rate" amid continued illegal Israeli settlement expansion.

"Daily settler-related attacks escalated, often in the presence of Israeli forces, resulting in casualties, property damage and displacement in Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank," Ramiz Alakbarov, deputy special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, told the UN Security Council.

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