The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, affirmed that Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank has reached 'record levels'. In a statement today, Sunday, Lazzarini described what is happening as 'Israel's silent war' that has not received sufficient coverage, noting that more than a thousand Palestinians, a quarter of them children, have been martyred since October 2023.
Lazzarini explained that, concurrently with the start of the war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, the occupation, through its army and settlers, intensified the commission of crimes in the West Bank, which included killing, demolition of homes, displacement of Palestinians, and colonial expansion.
These attacks resulted in the martyrdom of 1,110 Palestinians and the injury of more than 11,500 others, while the number of detainees exceeded 21,000, according to official statistics.
The Commissioner-General pointed out that settler attacks continue unabated, with Palestinian communities being subjected to intimidation, uprooting from their lands, and destruction of their livelihoods amidst a state of impunity.
He added: 'Tens of thousands remain displaced a year after Israel launched the Iron Wall operation, the largest displacement since 1967, while Israel is now gradually demolishing their homes to prevent their return.'
What is happening in the West Bank is 'Israel's silent war' that has not received sufficient coverage, as violence has reached record levels.
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Lazzarini: West Bank faces a silent war, occupation violence reaches record levels