“UN: Israel Forces Demolition of 1,446 West Bank Buildings, Displacing 3,300 People”

Remnants of Israeli military air strikes in a village on the west bank of the Jordan River
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, ‘(Geneva=Yonhap News) by An Hee = The United Nations pointed out that the Israeli military is forcibly demolishing buildings of Palestinians and displacing residents in the West Bank of the Jordan River, citing reasons such as settlement village security.’,
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, ‘ According to a situation report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on the 29th (local time), Israeli authorities have demolished 1,446 Palestinian buildings in the west bank since last October.’,
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, ‘ The demolished structures include 500 residential buildings, around 300 other livelihood buildings, around 100 agricultural buildings, and about 100 sanitation facilities.’,
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, ‘ During this forced demolition process, a total of 3,300 Palestinians, including 1,430 children, were forced to evacuate, according to OCHA.’,
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, ‘ Israel is conducting building demolition operations in the west bank under the pretext of creating Jewish settlement villages and maintaining security in the area. This is in order to expand Israel’s long-term sovereignty over the West Bank and integrate the territory.’,
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, ‘ The UN clearly stated that such actions constitute violations of international law. Demolishing buildings and expanding settlement villages are considered war crimes under international law, as they involve moving nationals to occupied territories.’,
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, ‘ Violence has not ceased in the West Bank since Hamas, a Palestinian armed faction, initiated hostilities with Israel on October 7 last year.’,
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, ‘ The UN does not see these events simply as conflicts between Jewish settlers and local Palestinians. Instead, the UN views the boundary between “settler violence” and “state violence” as increasingly ambiguous, with dozens of documented cases of Jewish settlers in Israeli military garb carrying military rifles and attacking Palestinians.’,
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, ‘ Recently, the Israeli military has conducted high-intensity military operations in the West Bank under the pretext of eradicating terrorism.’,
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, ‘ The UN expressed concerns about civilian casualties during military operations. OCHA pointed out that “recent incidents of civilian facility destruction and house demolition in the West Bank mostly occurred in towns where Israel conducted military operations, such as Tulkarem and Jenin.”‘,
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