Palestinians facing mass displacements, airstrikes and rise in attacks on children and other civilians, rights group saysIsrael has brought the military tactics of its war in Gaza to the occupied West Bank, where Palestinians face mass forced displacements, a surge in airstrikes and a sharp rise in attacks on children and other civilians, a Palestinian-Israeli rights group has said.B’tselem has detailed the impact of Israel’s most intense operations in the area for at least two decades in a report that describes what it calls the “Gazafication” of Israel’s occupation there. Continue reading...
A report by a Palestinian-Israeli rights group, B'tselem, indicates a surge in Palestinian child deaths and attacks on civilians in the West Bank, attributing it to Israel replicating its Gaza war tactics there, including increased airstrikes and forced displacements. The report describes this as the "Gazafication" of the West Bank, noting that child deaths are at an unprecedented rate since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, exceeding fatalities during the second intifada. Israel states the operations target militant Palestinian groups, but B’tselem claims loosened rules of engagement are a major contributing factor to the civilian casualties.
