UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence as Gaza health and hunger crisis deepens

Bulldozers in refugee camps, detainees stripped naked and spat at, farmers robbed of their harvest: against the backdrop of the war in Gaza the situation in the occupied West Bank is “rapidly deteriorating” amid levels of violence not seen in years, UN rights chief Volker Türk warned on Thursday.

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UN rights chief warns of ‘dehumanization’ of Palestinians amid West Bank violence as Gaza health and hunger crisis deepens

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