UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that the situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is deteriorating significantly.
"The situation in West Bank is deteriorating significantly," says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk
18 Jun 2024 - 19:24
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today warned that the situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is deteriorating significantly.
He noted that about 528 Palestinians, including 133 children, had been killed by Israeli army or colonists since October 7, 2023, stressing that some cases raise “serious concerns about unlawful killings.”
sraeli forces today set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Jalboun, east of Jenin, in the north of the occupied West Bank.
The head of the Jalboun Village Council, Ibrahim Abu Al-Rub, said that the occupation forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance to the village, inspecting vehicles and checking the identity cards of passengers.
Meanwhile, the soldiers continue to besiege a house and turn it into a military point.
Abu Al-Rub pointed out that the village has been subjecting almost daily to incursions by the occupation forces, involving shooting of bullets at homes from, a large-scale of home raids and detentions, and the demolition of homes and agricultural facilities and the destruction of streets.
Israeli severely restricts Palestinians’ freedom of movement through a complex combination of fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, and various other physical obstructions.
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