This is the highest number on record since monitoring began in 2017. The UN rights office said it included approximately 9,700 units in East Jerusalem.
The Turk report found that Israeli government policies “appear to align, to an unprecedented extent, with the Israeli settler movement's goals of expanding long-term control over the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and continuously integrating this occupied territory into the state.” Gives.” of Israel”.
At the same time, Palestinians are being forced from their homes by Israeli settlers and state violence, it says.
It also pointed to forced evictions, non-issuance of building permits, demolition of homes and movement restrictions imposed on Palestinians.
It found that there have been 602 attacks against Palestinians since October 7, the day Hamas launched an attack inside Israel, sparking the war in Gaza.
The UN rights office said it had documented nine Palestinians killed by West Bank residents using firearms and another 396 Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces.
Two other people were killed either by Israeli security forces or settlers.
In response, Israel's mission in Geneva said Turki and her office “once again fully acknowledge the deaths of 36 Israelis, including women and children and one tourist, and 296 injuries as a result of Palestinian terrorism, both before and after October 7, in 2023.” “Kind of ignored.” ,
The Israeli mission said, “Human rights are universal, yet Israeli victims of Palestinian terrorism are repeatedly ignored by the Office.”