Palestinian activist Issa Amro is the co-founder of Youth Against Settlements and lives in Hebron. Photograph: Sally Hayden
Sally Hayden in Hebron, Tue Aug 27 2024 – 17:05
While more than 40,200 Palestinians have been killed in the current conflict Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, Palestinians say there is another, slower war taking place in the occupied West Bank. Since October 7th last year, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says at least 587 Palestinians, including 143 children, have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. There were 18 Israeli fatalities in the West Bank between October 7th, 2023, and August 11th, 2024, according to UNOCHA figures.
FULL ARTICLE – https://www.irishtimes.com/world/middle-east/2024/08/27/life-and-death-in-hebron-blood-will-increase-the-gap-between-both-of-us/
