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ISLAMABAD:&nbsp;Palestinian deaths in the occupied West Bank increased sharply in the past three years, with more people killed by Israeli forces and settlers than in the previous 17 years combined, Oxfam International reported in June. An analysis of United Nations data found 1,244 Palestinians, including 268 children, were killed between 2023 and the end of 2025. That compares with 1,036 Palestinians, including 225&nbsp;<a href="https://pakistantv.com/article/two-in-three-gaza-children-are-rotting-in-plagueridden-camps" target="_blank" style="color:#0073e6;" rel="noopener noreferrer">children, killed</a>&nbsp;between 2006 and 2022. More than one in five of those killed over the full 20-year period were children, according to the report. &quot;The mounting killing of civilians in the West Bank is tragic and horrifying,&quot; said Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam International&#39;s Humanitarian Policy Lead. &quot;While the eyes of the world have been on Gaza, attacks in the West Bank have been accelerating.&quot; Forced displacement accelerated alongside the killings. Nearly 46,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced over the last three years, compared with just over 13,000 during the previous 14 years combined. Israeli military operations, settler violence, demolitions and access restrictions caused the displacement. Movement restrictions intensified. The occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem now have 925 obstacles restricting Palestinian movement, 43% more than the annual average of 647 documented over the preceding 20 years. The World Health Organization documented over 230 attacks on West Bank healthcare facilities in 2025, including blocked access, vandalized ambulances and harassment of medical staff. In the first three months of 2026, more than 540 settler attacks occurred, killing 33 Palestinians and displacing over 2,200 people. More than 60 water and sanitation structures were vandalized, affecting 32 Palestinian communities. Oxfam reported how a Palestinian man was forced from his home in Ein Samya community. &quot;We used to deal with settlers all the time, but over the past three years, settler violence has increased massively,&quot; he said. &quot;Eventually we had to leave and now a settler is staying in my home. I saw him. He took over the community too. It breaks my heart to talk about the past.&quot; After relocating to Jericho, the Palestinian man said the harassment continued. &quot;Settlers closed the roads, carried weapons, harassed and terrified our children on their way to school, and grazed their livestock inside our community,&quot; he said. &quot;In the worst cases they would steal our livestock under the protection of the army and police.&quot; In the report, the international organization called for an end to Israel&#39;s occupation and annexation of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. It also called on the countries to end trade and arms sales supporting the settlement enterprise.

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The international organization says escalating Israeli military operations, settler violence and access restrictions have deepened humanitarian concerns and disrupted communities throughout the occupied West Bank.

One in five Palestinians killed over 20 years were children: Oxfam 

ISLAMABAD: Amnesty International and 52 other international humanitarian organizations warned that Israel&#39;s recent registration measures will severely impede aid delivery in Gaza and the West Bank, where needs remain critical despite a ceasefire. In a joint statement, the groups said&nbsp;they deliver more than half of all food assistance in Gaza, operate or support 60% of field hospitals and provide all treatment for children with severe acute malnutrition. If Israel allows their registrations to lapse, approximately one in three health facilities would close immediately, food distributions would halt and shelter pipelines serving 1.3 million people would collapse, according to the statement coordinated by the Norwegian Refugee Council. &quot;This is not a technical or administrative matter, but a deliberate policy choice with foreseeable consequences,&quot; the organizations wrote in the statement. One in four families in Gaza survives on one meal a day, according to the groups. Winter storms have displaced tens of thousands, they said. The organizations said they implement nearly three-quarters of shelter activities, with about 600,000 shelter items in their supply pipelines. The humanitarian groups said in the statement they operate under strict donor-mandated compliance including audits and counter-terror financing controls meeting international standards. More than 500 humanitarian workers have been killed since October&nbsp;7, 2023, the statement said. The organizations said they cannot transfer sensitive staff data to parties in the conflict, citing humanitarian principles and data protection requirements. The groups called on Israel to immediately halt deregistration proceedings and urged donor governments to use all available leverage to pressure Israel to reverse the actions, according to the statement. &quot;Humanitarian access is not optional, conditional, or political. It is a legal obligation under international humanitarian law,&quot; the statement said. In the West Bank, ongoing military raids and settler violence continue to drive displacement, the organizations said. Further restrictions on the groups would sharply reduce the reach of aid assistance. The statement said the move would set a dangerous precedent by extending Israeli authority over humanitarian operations in the occupied Palestinian territory. Signatories include Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, CARE International, Islamic Relief, Medical Aid for Palestinians, the Danish Refugee Council and the American Friends Service Committee, according to the statement.

The aid organizations said the move would set a dangerous precedent by extending Israeli authority over humanitarian operations in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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One in five Palestinians killed over 20 years were children: Oxfam

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One in five Palestinians killed over 20 years were children: Oxfam