UN Experts Decry July Surge in Civilian Casualties Across Gaza and West Bank as Humanitarian Conditions Continue to Decline
The experts said Israel’s actions during the ceasefire have displaced Palestinians and made 65% of Gaza off limits, according to the United Nations.
- On Monday, a group of 19 human rights experts warned that Israeli forces killed 160 Palestinians in Gaza during July, pushing the death toll under the nominal ceasefire to over 1,200.
- Israeli forces are re-engineering the geography of the Gaza Strip by advancing a 'yellow line' that demarcates occupation, forcing Palestinians into shrinking displacement zones; the area off-limits to Palestinians has grown to 65 percent.
- July was the deadliest month this year in Gaza, with experts noting that Israel has killed 300 children in 300 days of the ceasefire; most killings occurred in dense displacement zones like Al-Mawasi.
- On Sunday, the Israeli military closed the Christian West Bank village of Taybeh following recent settler attacks backed by the government; experts condemned escalating violence where forces and settlers killed at least 14 Palestinians in July.
- Settler attacks in the West Bank rose 63 percent in the first six months of 2026, with over 100 incidents recorded in July alone, all explicitly or implicitly backed by the Israeli government.
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UN experts decry July surge in civilian casualties across Gaza and West Bank as humanitarian conditions continue to decline
UN experts on Monday decried the recent surge of violence and human rights abuses against civilians across Gaza and the Occupied West Bank, voicing concern that the human rights crisis continues to deteriorate at an accelerated rate, leaving civilians with no form of protection despite international appeals. Fifteen UN experts highlighted that, despite the US-backed Gaza Peace Deal ceasefire, Israeli forces have killed about 160 Palestinians in …
UN experts report that over 1200 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks since the October ceasefire. They denounce the destruction of entire neighbourhoods, attacks on hospitals, murder of police and doctors and the advance of the ‘yellow line'.
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Noticias ao MinutoJoint statement by 19 United Nations experts, including the rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, reported 160 deaths in July and blocked food aid.
At the same time, organizations working with the UN to address explosive hazards have identified and marked more than 1,000 munitions and other explosive objects in the area.
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