UN chief condemns settler violence and annexation push in West Bank

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over escalating Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank and ongoing violations.

“I am gravely concerned by the rising violence in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers and other violations, as well as calls for annexation,” Guterres told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Guterres added that the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza must be upheld. "We must avoid at all costs a resumption of hostilities. The people in Gaza have already suffered too much," he said.