
This year could be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since 2005, according to the United Nations' Middle East envoy. Speaking to the UN Security Council (UNSC) this week, the special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, said that "a spike in fatal violence" is causing 2022 to be the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since 2005, the year when the UN started tracking fatalities. Over the past month, he said, Israeli security forces killed 32 Palestinians – including six children – and injured 311 during demonstrations, clashes, attacks, and search-and-arrest operations. Throughout this year, Israeli raids and attacks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem also killed 125 Palestinians. In […]
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