“This runs counter to not only international law but also international efforts to de-escalate,” the Finnish Foreign Ministry said on X.

Incidents up 39% compared with monthly average of 2022, says OCHA

In the first six months of 2023, the UN recorded 591 settler-related incidents resulting in Palestinian casualties, property damage, or both. This is a 39 per cent increase in the monthly average of such incidents when compared with 2022, already the highest number of settler-related incidents since the UN began recording such data in 2006, said the ...