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UN decries 'unfathomable' numbers killed in West Bank since 7 October

4 June 2024 09:22 BST

The UN rights chief on Tuesday demanded an end to surging Israeli violence in the occupied West Bank, saying it was "unfathomable" that more than 500 Palestinians had been killed there since 7 October.

"As if the tragic events in Israel and then Gaza over the past eight months were not enough, the people of the occupied West Bank are also being subjected to day-after-day of unprecedented bloodshed," Volker Turk said in a statement.

"It is unfathomable that so many lives have been taken in such a wanton fashion."

The sister of Mutaz Khaled Sadiq Nabulsi, who was killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank's Nablus, says her final farewells on 3 June 2024 (AFP/Zain Jaafar)
The sister of Mutaz Khaled Sadiq Nabulsi, who was killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank's Nablus, says her final farewells on 3 June 2024 (AFP/Zain Jaafar)

Reporting by AFP