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Israel must stop settler attacks on Palestinians: UN
The statement Tuesday follows a wave of settler attacks on Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank triggered by the death of a 14-year-old Israeli boy, AP reported.
The Palestinian Health Ministry says seven Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers since the attacks began Friday, and another 75 have been wounded. Israeli authorities have urged people not to resort to vigilante attacks as tensions soar. But rights groups have long accused Israeli forces of routinely ignoring settler attacks or even taking part in them.
Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid on Monday said that under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “Jewish terrorist violence” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank was “out of control.”
Violence in the West Bank has soared since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on
October 7.