UN Relief Chief calls for the protection of Palestinians in West Bank

A resident of the Palestinian herding community of Khirbet Tell al Khashaba, in Nablus governorate, showing a UN team what remains of structures that Israeli authorities demolished. Photo by OCHA

A resident of the Palestinian herding community of Khirbet Tell al Khashaba, in Nablus governorate, shows a UN team what remains of structures that Israeli authorities demolished. Photo by OCHA

Statement on the West Bank by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator

(New York, 4 November 2025): Reports of attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their property across the West Bank continue.

Many are related to Palestinians’ attempts to harvest their olive crops.

Palestinians have been killed and injured. Their homes and property damaged. Their livestock attacked.

More trees have been damaged and more communities affected this year than in the previous six years.

The failure to prevent or punish such attacks is inconsistent with international law.

Palestinians must be protected.

Impunity cannot prevail.

Perpetrators must be held accountable.

Media contacts:

In New York: Eri Kaneko, kaneko@un.org, +1 917 208 8910
In Geneva: Jens Laerke, laerke@un.org, +41 79 472 9750