UN expert warns Israeli war on Gaza could leak to West Bank

In a statement released on Tuesday, Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights situation in the Palestinian territories, said Israel's recent intensification of military assaults in the West Bank marked "a dangerous escalation."

"Israel's genocidal violence risks leaking out of Gaza and into the occupied Palestinian territory as a whole," she said.

"The writing is on the wall, and we cannot continue to ignore it. There is mounting evidence that no Palestinian is safe under Israel's unfettered control."

“Apartheid Israel is targeting Gaza and the West Bank simultaneously, as part of an overall process of elimination, replacement and territorial expansion” Albanese said.

“The long-standing impunity granted to Israel is enabling the de-Palestinisation of the occupied territory, leaving Palestinians at the mercy of the forces pursuing their elimination as a national group,” warned the expert.

“The international community, made of both states and non-state actors, including companies and financial institutions, must do everything it can to immediately end the risk of genocide against the Palestinian people under Israel’s occupation, ensure accountability and ultimately end Israel’s colonization of Palestinian territory."

Experts believe continuous genocidal incitements by top Israeli officials, soldiers, armed settlers and others, prove the intent to destroy the Palestinian people under occupation.

According to Palestinian Health officials, Israeli raids across the West Bank have so far left at least 30 Palestinians dead and more than one-hundred-twenty injured.

The head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees says Jenin has been “ravaged by violence (and) destruction” for a seventh day due to the Israeli military’s operation in the Palestinian territory.