A UN report deplores the ‘rapid deterioration’ of rights in the West Bank. In a report made public on Thursday, the United Nations denounced what it called a “rapid deterioration” of human rights in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. They urged the Israeli government to stop using violence against the local Palestinian population.

It was said in the study that 300 Palestinians had been slain in the West Bank since October 7, the day when Hamas terrorists embarked on a violent rampage in southern Israel and carried captives back to Gaza. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued the report.

When Israeli security forces were engaged in operations or conflicts with other Israeli troops, the majority of the deaths took place.

Air strikes and other military actions carried out by the Israeli government in refugee camps and other densely populated regions are responsible for at least 105 deaths, according to the Israeli government. It said that Jewish settlers were responsible for the deaths of at least eight individuals.

Regarding the news, Israeli officials did not immediately provide any reactions or comments. Israel has asserted that its actions in the West Bank are preventative and are planned to reduce potential security risks.

“The use of military tactics and weapons in law enforcement contexts, the use of unnecessary or disproportionate force, and the enforcement of broad, arbitrary, and discriminatory movement restrictions that affect Palestinians are extremely troubling,” said Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

“I call on Israel to take immediate, clear, and effective steps to put an end to settler violence against the Palestinian population, to investigate all incidents of violence by settlers and Israeli Security Forces, and to ensure effective protection of Palestinian communities.”

Furthermore, the Office for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated that it has documented instances of mass arbitrary detentions, illegal detentions, and reported instances of torture and other types of ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees. Since October 7, it has been reported that around 4,785 Palestinians have been held in the West Bank.

“Some were stripped naked, blindfolded and restrained for long hours with handcuffs and with their legs tied, while Israeli soldiers stepped on their heads and backs, were spat at, slammed against walls, threatened, insulted, humiliated and in some cases subjected to sexual and gender-based violence,” according to OHCHR.

Over the 18 months leading up to the attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists on October 7, the West Bank had already been suffering the worst levels of unrest in decades. However, confrontations have drastically increased as a result of Israel’s ground invasion of Gaza.