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United Nations: Settler attacks during October recorded the highest monthly toll in two decades

 The United Nations announced that Israeli settlers carried out 264 attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank during last October, the highest monthly toll in nearly 20 years.

 

Deputy spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Farhan Haq, indicated in a press conference – according to what was reported by the Palestinian news agency “Wafa” Today, Saturday, there was a significant increase in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank.

 

Haq explained that the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Last month, 264 attacks were recorded that resulted in the martyrdom of Palestinians or loss of their property, or both, stressing that this number is the highest monthly toll in nearly 20 years.

 

He pointed out that the number of Israeli attacks against Palestinians since 2006 amounted to 6,900, including 15 percent, or approximately 1,500, that occurred during the year. Current.

 

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