A weakened Palestinian Authority is unable to curb increasing violence in the West Bank. Without pressure on Israel, it will only get worse.

The United Nations humanitarian office accused Israel on Friday of using "war-like" tactics against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, citing killings by soldiers and attacks on Palestinian olive groves by Israeli settlers.

A UN report indicated a rise in Israeli demolition policies targeting Palestinian buildings and facilities in the occupied West Bank since the onset of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on October 7,

The Palestinian ministry of health said Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a teenager, on Monday in the West Bank city of Jenin which has seen repeated military raids.Since then, at least 737 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the West Bank,

The United Nations humanitarian office on Friday denounced Israel's use of what it described as "war-like" tactics against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, saying nine Palestinians had been killed there in a week.