UK sanctions 'extremist Israeli groups' for settler violence in West Bank

The British government is imposing new sanctions on "extremist groups and individuals" for inciting and perpetrating settler violence in the occupied West Bank, the British foreign office said in a statement on Friday.

The statement added that the new sanctions include two groups "known to have supported, incited and promoted violence" and four individuals "responsible for perpetrating human rights abuses" against Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

The new measures come after an unprecedented rise in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank since October, with at least 800 attacks recorded by the UN.