The Israeli army and illegal settlers carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinians and their property across the occupied West Bank in July, a Palestinian government body said on Monday.
According to the monthly report by the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, 1,458 attacks were carried out by the Israeli army and 798 by illegal settlers.
Commission chief Muayyad Shaaban said the army’s attacks were concentrated in Ramallah and al-Bireh (260), Nablus (247), Jenin (190), Bethlehem (185) and Hebron (170).
He described the number of illegal settler attacks as “record and unprecedented,” with 228 incidents in Nablus, 212 in Hebron and 153 in Ramallah and al-Bireh. Since the start of the year, settlers have carried out 4,286 attacks, he added.
Shaaban said the July attacks killed seven Palestinians, including four during an illegal Israeli settler attack on the village of Tell, west of Nablus.
According to the report, illegal Israeli settlers uprooted, damaged or poisoned 5,027 trees, including 3,241 olive trees, carried out 440 attacks on Palestinian property and farmland, and committed 23 incidents involving the theft or confiscation of Palestinian property.
The report also said illegal settlers attempted to establish 29 settlement outposts during the month, while Israeli authorities approved plans for 1,128 new settlement units on 1,172 dunams (289.6 acres) of Palestinian land.
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