The U.N.'s Palestinian refugees agency (UNRWA) reported Wednesday ongoing Israeli destruction and forced displacement in the occupied West Bank, with its director there warning that easing in Gaza should not be used to intensify the grip of occupation elsewhere.
"The future of Gaza and West Bank are one. A drawdown in Gaza should not become an opportunity to tighten the grip of occupation elsewhere," said Roland Friedrich, the director of UNRWA Affairs for the occupied West Bank.
A cease-fire agreement took effect in Gaza on Oct. 10, based on a phased plan presented by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Friedrich pointed out a significant escalation of settler violence and settlement expansion across the West Bank, "pushing vulnerable Palestinian communities from their lands amid increasingly coercive conditions, paving the way for annexation."
According to Palestinian figures, illegal Israeli settlers have carried out 7,154 attacks against Palestinians and their property across the West Bank since October 2023, killing 33 Palestinians and displacing 33 Bedouin communities.
