Israeli authorities, illegal settlers carried out over 12,000 attacks in 2023: Palestinian official
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – More than 12,000 attacks were carried out by Israeli authorities and illegal Jewish settlers in 2023, a Palestinian official reported.
“The occupation authorities and their settlers carried out 12,161 attacks, including 5,308 after October 7,” head of the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Moayad Shaaban, told reporters in Ramallah.
Israeli illegal settlers carried out 2,410 of the attacks, he added.
He said as many as 22 Palestinians were killed in firing by illegal extremist settlers, including 10 after October 7.
Shaaban pointed out that 25 Bedouin communities were displaced in the West Bank and the East Jerusalem desert during the year, 22 of them after the Hamas offensive. The communities include 266 families and a total of 1,517 people.
During the past year, 21,731 trees were also cut down and destroyed, including 18,964 olive trees, the official said.
He added that in the stated period Israeli authorities seized more than 50,000 dunams (measure of land area) of land.
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