NEW YORK, (Palestine Foundation Information Center), The UN secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, has said that settler attacks in the occupied West Bank have displaced about 880 Palestinian families.
This came in the spokesman’s daily press briefing on Friday. Dujarric warned that continued violence and other coercive practices by Israeli forces and settler groups in the West Bank resulted in casualties, destruction of property, and forced displacement.
“Overall, since January 2023, and as of 16 February, some 880 Palestinian families, that’s over 4,700 people, have been displaced across the West Bank due to settler attacks and access restrictions,” Dujarric explained.
“Between 3 and 16 February, Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, bringing the total number this year to nine, including two children. Palestinian (Authority) forces killed one Palestinian child in Tammoun, while attempting to arrest his father,” the spokesman said.
“During the same period, at least 86 Israeli settler attacks were recorded, during which over 60 Palestinians were injured, and some 146 people were displaced. People in 60 communities have been impacted by the attacks,” he added.
“And I just want to flag one particular case, and that the Secretary-General condemns the killing of Nasrallah Abu Siam, a 19-year-old dual Palestinian-American citizen who was shot and beaten in an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Mukhmas,” he noted.
“The Secretary-General calls for a prompt, thorough, and transparent investigation into the circumstances of this incident and for those responsible to be held accountable. And he urges the government of Israel to take concrete steps to halt and prevent all acts of violence by Israeli settlers against the Palestinian population, and that would be following their obligations as the occupying power,” the spokesman said.
