Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

West Bank Under Siege as Violence Escalates Amid Gaza Offensives

28 August, 2025
Archive/ Al Jazeera.

Archive/ Al Jazeera.

As Israel intensifies its military campaign in Gaza, the West Bank has seen a surge in violence, with Palestinians increasingly bearing the brunt of the crackdown.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces conducted a raid in Nablus, injuring at least 80 people and arresting a man, while forcibly ordering Palestinian families in the old city to vacate their homes.

The UN Human Rights Office reports a grim toll: since October 2023, 982 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, victims of both occupation forces and settler violence, highlighting the widening scope of the conflict beyond Gaza’s borders.