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Over 1,000 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, settlers in West Bank in 2 yrs: UN
By Xinhua Published: Nov 30, 2025 11:17 AM
Two children run along a destroyed street in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)

Two children run along a destroyed street in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)


 
Palestinians take shelter from tear gases fired by Israeli forces in the village of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

Palestinians take shelter from tear gases fired by Israeli forces in the village of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)


 
A Palestinian woman, holding a child in her arm, walks along a destroyed street in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)

A Palestinian woman, holding a child in her arm, walks along a destroyed street in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)


 
Palestinians take shelter from tear gases fired by Israeli forces in the village of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

Palestinians take shelter from tear gases fired by Israeli forces in the village of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron in the West Bank, on Nov. 28, 2025. Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday. Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)


Israeli security forces and settlers have killed 1,030 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Oct. 7, 2023, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has verified, a UN spokesperson said here Friday.

Among the fatalities were 223 children, Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the OHCHR, told a regular UN press briefing in Geneva.

Laurence said he was appalled by the recent incident in Jenin, where Israeli personnel were seen on video shooting and killing two Palestinian men.

He noted that killings of Palestinians by Israeli security forces and settlers in the West Bank have been surging, with a persistent lack of accountability. Impunity for Israel security forces' unlawful use of force, and ever-growing Israeli settler violence, must end, he said.

In the statement, Laurence said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged independent, prompt and effective investigations into the killings of Palestinians and called for those responsible for violations to be held fully accountable.