UN human rights office warns of worsening settler violence in West Bank as attacks keep increasing

The UN human rights office warned that settler violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank have intensified, urging international action.

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 29 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.

GENEVA, July 29 - The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday warned of worsening violence by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, and urged international action against the killing of Palestinians as well as the creation of settlements, which it said had reached an all-time high.

Israeli forces heavily shell southern Lebanese town Israeli forces have launched heavy artillery attacks on Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The artillery fire came from an Israeli military position in the Tel al-Nahas area, near the occupied Leba

Israeli protesters marched in Tel Aviv against settler violence in the occupied West Bank as police blocked their route and confronted demonstrators.

Settler attacks are driving Palestinian Christians to leave the West Bank  CNN

Analysis • West Bank settler violence is Israel's strategy, no matter how Israelis frame it  Haaretz

Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the West Bank village of Qusra, and continued violent attacks.

2 mosques in the West Bank are set on fire during a deadly surge in settler violence  Toronto Star

Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began.

3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 26, 2026 10:38 PM IST Children stand outside a mosque that was burned during an attack by Israeli settlers early in the morning in the West Bank village of Qusra as on its wall a Hebrew graffiti reads "Revenge Benayahu", referring to an Israeli settler killed during clashes with Palestin

Two mosques set ablaze as settler violence surges across West Bank  thenationalnews.com

Israel also arrested more than 70 Palestinians over the weekend

Two mosques have been set on fire in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in an apparent Israeli settler attack following a spate of deadly violence that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers

Mosques in West Bank are set on fire during a weekend of settler violence  AP News

Israel’s military said it detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank overnight and on Saturday, a day after troops deployed across the territory following violence that left two Isrelisoldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead. Soldiers remained in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where 

The Israeli military said troops sent to Qusra, which sits near several large Israeli settlements, had found graffiti and signs of arson and ‌were searching for suspects.

Palestinian officials said Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the occupied West Bank overnight Sunday, after this week’s deadly clashes in the territory left six people dead.Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has surged since the Gaza war began with Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.For the late

Israeli settlers torch 2 mosques in West Bank: Palestinian officials  Dawn

Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash  Reuters