The head of the UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory said that while the ceasefire in Gaza has reduced violence, killings, destruction, and violations continue daily, and the rate of forced displacement in the occupied West Bank has reached levels unseen in decades.
At a press conference at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Ajit Songhee presented a report issued by the UN Human Rights Office covering 19 months of “widespread violations of international law, including atrocity crimes, from October 2023 to the end of May 2025.”
Songhee noted the ceasefire agreement of October 2025, saying it had reduced the massive scale of violence and created a small humanitarian window of opportunity, “but killings and the destruction of infrastructure have continued almost daily, and the overall humanitarian situation remains catastrophic. All this while Hamas continues its violations, including against the people of Gaza themselves.”
In the West Bank, the UN report stated that the rate of forced displacement of Palestinians has reached levels not seen in decades, and that Israeli settlement expansion is unprecedented.
Songhai said: “Israeli military and police forces and settlers continue to kill more Palestinians with impunity, often carrying out these operations together. This record of violence and injustice continues and will affect Palestinians for generations to come.”
