More Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank since 2023 than in past 17 years combined: Oxfam

More Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank between 2023 and the end of 2025 than in the previous 17 years combined, according to a new analysis by the international aid group Oxfam based on UN data.

The report, citing figures from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), says 1,244 Palestinians, including 268 children, were killed in the occupied West Bank over the three-year period.

By comparison, 1,036 Palestinians, including 225 children, were killed between 2006 and 2022, highlighting what Oxfam describes as a sharp escalation in violence.

Rising deaths and displacement

Oxfam says nearly 46,000 Palestinians were displaced in the occupied West Bank in the last three years due to Israeli military operations, demolitions, violence, and movement restrictions — more than triple the figure recorded in the previous 14-year period.

The group also reports a sharp rise in movement restrictions, with 925 obstacles now limiting access across the territory, including occupied East Jerusalem.

More than one in five Palestinians killed over the past two decades were children, according to the analysis.