UN laments “unbelievable” death toll in West Bank since October 7

The UN human rights chief called on Tuesday for an end to the escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, saying it was “unbelievable” that more than 500 Palestinians had been killed there since October 7.

“As if the tragic events in Israel and then in the Gaza Strip over the past eight months were not enough, the people of the occupied West Bank are also exposed to unprecedented bloodshed day after day,” Volker Turk said in a statement.

“It…