{"id":269096,"date":"2026-02-01T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/269096\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T18:44:08","slug":"unrwa-chief-warns-of-silent-war-in-west-bank-amid-record-levels-of-israeli-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/269096\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA chief warns of ‘silent war’ in West Bank amid record levels of Israeli violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The occupied West Bank is witnessing a \u201csilent war\u201d amid record levels of violence by the Israeli military and illegal settlers since October 2023, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cTens of thousands of people remain displaced a year after the launch of Israel\u2019s operation \u2018Iron Wall\u2019 – the largest displacement since 1967. Their homes are now gradually demolished to prevent their return,\u201d UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on X.<\/p>\n

On January 21, the Israeli army launched a large-scale military assault in the northern occupied West Bank, killing scores and displacing thousands.<\/p>\n

Lazzarini said more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied territory since October 2023, almost a quarter of them children.<\/p>\n

\u201cAttacks by Israeli settlers continue unabated, with Palestinian communities being constantly intimidated, uprooted + their livelihoods ruined,\u201d he said. \u201cImpunity reigns.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The UNRWA chief stressed that the agency still plays a key role in providing emergency aid in the occupied West Bank \u201cdespite immense challenges\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The occupied West Bank is witnessing a \u201csilent war\u201d amid record levels of violence by the Israeli military…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-269096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}