West bank: Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), stated today that the events unfolding in the cities of the occupied West Bank represent the most significant displacement of Palestinians since 1967, characterizing the situation as a "silent war" lacking adequate international media attention.
According to Oman News Agency, Lazzarini declared in a formal statement that Palestinian communities have endured unprecedented levels of violence since October 2023, leading to the death of more than one thousand Palestinians, one quarter of whom were children. He emphasized that attacks by settlers continue unabated, part of a persistent campaign to intimidate Palestinian populations, forcibly displace them from their lands, and obliterate their means of subsistence.
The UNRWA Commissioner-General further detailed that tens of thousands of Palestinians remain displaced one year after the initiation of the military campaign referred to as "Iron Wall," adding that their homes are being progressively demolished to preclude any possibility of return.
He noted that the intense global focus on the Gaza Strip has normalized a stark contempt for international humanitarian law within the West Bank, asserting the critical imperative to halt the violence before the point of irreparable consequence.
It is documented that cities, towns, and refugee camps across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem are subjected to daily raids and incursions by Israeli occupation forces and settlers. These operations are routinely marked by armed confrontations, mass arrests, live fire, and a systematic destruction of essential infrastructure and private property.