U.N.: More than 200 Palestinians killed in West Bank

[Eugene]

Source: United Press International

NOV. 19, 2023 / 12:24 PM

U.N.: More than 200 Palestinians killed in West Bank

By Adam Schrader

Nov. 19 (UPI) -- More than 200 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 7, a United Nations agency said Saturday, raising alarms about Israel's military campaign.

The Israel Defense Forces has framed its operations since the attack by Hamas as a campaign against the Palestinian militia, which it considers to be a terrorist organization. However, Hamas primarily operates out of Gaza and not the West Bank, drawing attention online to the scope of Israel's response.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement that 198 Palestinians, including 52 children, have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank while another eight, including one child, were killed by illegal Israeli settlers.

The agency said about 66% of those were killed in Israeli search-and-arrest operations, primarily in the Jenin and Tulkarm governorates. Another 24% were killed in protests supporting Gaza, while 7% were killed allegedly attacking Israeli forces and the illegal settlers.

The IDF and the Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet have claimed that at least some of those killed were "terrorists" who were planning "imminent" attacks.

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. "at least some..."? Glad to see the Shin Bet is...

so precise.

Casualties of war are almost impossible to avoid, but not giving a shit does make it easier. No, I am not pro-Hamas by any means and still consider them murderous scum, but we are all wasting far too much on war these days.

[2naSalit]

2. I am way past...

Giving anyone from the israeli government any credibility anymore.

[Lonestarblue]

3. Indeed. With Netanyahu and his right-wing extremists in charge, Israel has no credibility.

A few Israelis have protested against Netanyahu’s war, but very few. The general population seems fine with allowing settlers to steal Palestinian lands and murder them, along with killing many thousands of innocent Palestinians in Gaza.

President Biden has proposed sanctions on the settlers, but that will not stop them just as sanctions have had very little impact on Putin’s illegal war on Ukraine. The whole state of Israel needs to be sanctioned and all aid withheld until the settlers are forced to leave the West Bank. World pressure against a government can have an impact, as we saw with the ending of apartheid in South Africa.

[RocRizzo55]

4. But they might have

Been hiding Hamas… and Israel is only defending itself.
That’s what I hear from my Zionist friends.