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\u201cThe Secretary-General is deeply alarmed by the reports of new illegal Israeli settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, including new tenders, including for the\u00a0E1 area,\u201d UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The controversial E1 settlement plan approved last year includes a tender for more than 1,200 new housing units issued by the Israeli Government this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It would effectively sever the connection between occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank<\/strong> and bisect north and south, triggering severe consequences for the territorial integrity of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and present an existential threat to the two-State solution.<\/p>\n The Secretary-General called on Israel to refrain from taking any further steps in this regard and to act in accordance with relevant UN resolutions and in line with the International Court of Justice (ICJ)\u00a0Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024\u00a0which said Israel\u2019s occupation of the Gaza Strip and West Bank including East Jerusalem \u201cis unlawful\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n Roughly 40,000 people, including children, are currently under curfew and not permitted to leave their homes in Dahiriya in Hebron after Israeli forces launched an operation on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Israeli forces imposed a curfew, deployed snipers on rooftop, blocked roads with earth mounds, made arrests and used at least seven Palestinian homes as interrogation centres, according to UN humanitarian partners that are providing support to residents.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is having an immediate humanitarian impact because people cannot replenish supplies, access essential services or just get to their workplaces<\/strong>,\u201d the UN Spokesperson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHomes and families must be protected, and any security operation must be conducted in a manner that respects international law, including the protection and dignity of civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n Near daily deadly Israeli attacks, gunfire, missile launches and airstrikes continue despite the October 2025 provisional ceasefire plan that ended the two-year Israel-Hamas war.\u00a0<\/p>\n UN partners leading on security and safety reported Israeli military activities on areas located to the west of the so-called \u201cYellow Line\u201d, a series of painted cement blocks Israel installed following the ceasefire.<\/p>\n According to initial local reports, an Israeli airstrike killed at least seven people and injured others in a Gaza seaport on Tuesday<\/strong>, with fresh attacks reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch incidents put civilians at risk and will restrict their ability to seek safety, medical care and humanitarian assistance,\u201d Mr. Dujarric said.<\/p>\n On the heels of comments on Palestinians by Israel\u2019s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, that incite \u201cviolence amounting to atrocity crimes\u201d, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory issued a terse statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cThe latest comments by Israel\u2019s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, advocating and inciting violence amounting to atrocity crimes, are yet another example of the utter contempt for international humanitarian law, international human rights law and the basic tenets of humanity displayed by senior Israeli Government officials<\/strong>,\u201d OHCHR said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is beyond the bounds of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n These \u201cdehumanising remarks\u201d follow the devastating human toll of 73,400 Palestinians killed and 174,312 injured in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, alongside 1,123 Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank,\u201d OHCHR said.<\/p>\n The UN rights office pointed out that in January 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down binding provisional measures requiring Israel to \u201ctake all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to members of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip\u201d following\u00a0South Africa\u2019s case against Israel.<\/p>\nWest Bank siege<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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