Jerusalem:The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported a significant increase in the number of attacks by Israeli colonists against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The agency documented 397 such incidents in October, marking the highest monthly total since record-keeping began in 2006.
According to Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA – English, the OCHA report indicated that the documented figure does not include attacks from the last five days of October. From October 20 to 26 alone, 62 attacks were reported, affecting 49 Palestinian communities, with 38 of these incidents connected to the olive harvest season.
The report further detailed that 57 Palestinians, including nine children, were injured during the same week as a result of these attacks. Of those injured, 23 were harmed in colonist attacks, while the remaining 34 were injured by Israeli forces through gunfire and physical assaults across the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem.