New York, February 01 (QNA) - Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philip Lazarini, emphasized Sunday that what the cities of the West Bank are witnessing constitutes the largest displacement since 1967, yet it is a silent war that has been underreported.
In a press release Lazarini opined that the occupied Palestinian cities have experienced record levels of violence since October 2023, with more than 1,000 Palestinians killed, a quarter of them children.
He added that attacks by settlers continue unabated, while Palestinian communities are constantly intimidated, uprooted from their lands, and have their livelihoods destroyed, all under a climate of impunity.
Lazarini further stated that tens of thousands of Palestinians remain displaced a year after the launch of Israel's "Iron Wall" operation -the largest displacement since 1967-and that their homes are now gradually being demolished to prevent their return.
The global attention has focused on Gaza, while the flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law in the West Bank has become normalized, Lazarini said, stressing the urgent need for the violence to stop before it is too late.
Daily raids and incursions by occupation forces and settlers continue across cities, towns, and camps in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, accompanied by confrontations, arrests, live and rubber bullets, and the use of tear gas against Palestinian youth. (QNA)