A UN inquiry has found that Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured, and displaced Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
The report by the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory found that Israeli authorities have enabled settler attacks through financial and military support, in a climate of impunity fostered by judicial and law-enforcement bodies.
Attacks on Palestinian villages and agricultural land have surged since 2023, rising by 130%, including incidents involving groups of masked assailants.
Israeli security forces have routinely accompanied settlers and acted as a shield for the violence, the report said.
The Commission also documented cases of assaults, abductions, and abuse of Palestinian children by settlers, as well as instances of sexual violence and harassment of Palestinian women.
The report urged the international community to pressure Israel to dismantle settlements and outposts and curb the violence.
