Washington – A senior U.S. official said that President Joe Biden's administration is "concerned" about the recent rise in violence in the occupied West Bank and Israel on Thursday, and called on both sides to de-escalate.

The official, who asked not to be named, responded to Al-Quds' query about the Human Rights Watch report issued last Sunday, which charged that Israeli occupation authorities are killing Palestinian children without any accountability, by stating that the administration is urging both parties to work to avoid violence against innocent citizens, and to create an atmosphere that would facilitate a two-state solution.

The Human Rights Watch report found that Israel had killed the highest number of children in almost two decades, with 34 Palestinian children killed in the occupied West Bank so far this year, and has provided little recourse for justice for these killings.