The violence of the colonists, which had already reached record levels, increased dramatically

The situation in the occupied West Bank is “worrying” and calls for “urgent” action, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said, while stressing the violence committed by settlers against Palestinians.

High Commission spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell explained, during a regular briefing in Geneva, that the situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is “worrying and calls for urgent action in light of the continuing increasing violations.”

Today, Friday, 11 citizens in the West Bank were martyred, which raises the death toll since the seventh of last October to 145, and since the beginning of this year to 353 martyrs.

"The violence of the colonists, which had already reached record levels, has also increased significantly, reaching an average of seven attacks per day, and more than a third of them using firearms," Throssell said.

She stressed that the colonists often wear military uniforms and are often accompanied by members of the occupation forces, and that they act "with almost complete impunity."

She pointed out that entire Palestinian communities are being forced to leave their lands due to these acts of violence, considering that this “may amount to a forced transfer of the population in serious violation” of the Geneva Convention.

She continued, "During repeated incidents, the colonists issued warnings to Palestinian communities to leave their homes on pain of death," noting that the occupation forces "only arrested two colonists for attacking Palestinians and killing a Palestinian."

The Commission for Human Rights reported that the occupation forces arrested about two thousand Palestinians, while “credible and consistent information indicates a new increase in cases of ill-treatment of detainees, which in many cases may amount to torture.”

Two citizens were martyred inside the occupation prisons. The occupation forces had arrested them in the West Bank since October 7.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said last Wednesday that settler violence in the West Bank is "deeply destabilizing. This is unacceptable. It must stop and those responsible must be held accountable."