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U.N. brief warns of rapid settlement expansion, raids on UNRWA and withheld Palestinian revenues
Summary
In a Security Council statement, Rameez Rameez Alakbarov described intensified raids, settler violence and demolition in the occupied West Bank, cited legislative and operational pressure on relief agencies including UNRWA, and said Israel is withholding roughly $2.5 billion in Palestinian clearance revenues.
Rameez Rameez Alakbarov told the Security Council that negative trends in the occupied West Bank are "entrenched daily" and that repeated council warnings have not produced meaningful action on the ground.
He said Israeli forces conducted intensified raids across Jenin, Nablus, Hebron and Ramallah in late December and early January, raised concerns about the use of lethal force and cited a case in which a 16‑year‑old boy was shot and killed during a raid in Kabbatya (as cited by the speaker). He also referred to reports of treatment and deaths in custody.
The envoy described ongoing Palestinian…
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