Human Right Watch Warns Israel Not To Repeat Gaza Violations In The West Bank

JAKARTA - The international human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, warned Israel against repeating violations in the occupied Gaza Strip in the West Bank.

The human rights organization said in a statement that "Israel's tanks entered the occupied West Bank for the first time in two decades."

It said "Israel's military operations, focused on the northern West Bank, were the longest since the Second Intifada," quoted from WAFA February 27.

The United Nations (UN) reports refugee camps in Jenin, Nur Shams, and Tulkarm have become "almost uninhabitable."

Human Rights Watch stated, "Israeli soldiers have destroyed large numbers of homes and vital infrastructure, including a kilometer-long waste disposal and water pipeline network in Jenin."

It said, "Israel repeated the violation of Gaza in the occupied West Bank, and we have previously seen this method in the Gaza Strip."

Human Rights Watch urges countries to take action to prevent further atrocities in occupied Palestinian territories, including by imposing sanctions aimed at those involved in ongoing serious offenses, suspending arms transfers to Israel, banning trade with Israeli illegal settlements.

Earlier, the United Nations (UN) Head of Human Rights (HAM) accused Israel on Wednesday of showing unprecedented human rights waivers in military campaigns in the Gaza Strip, on the other hand also saying Hamas had violated international law.

"No one justifies the horrific way Israel has carried out its military operations in Gaza that have consistently violated international law", Volker Turk said when delivering a new report on the human rights situation in Gaza, the occupied West Bank of Israel and East Jerusalem to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland.

Meanwhile, UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini said on Wednesday, the West Bank region of Palestine experienced an alarming overflow of war in Gaza.

In a tweet on social media X Lazzarini wrote, more than 50 people, including children, were reported to have died since Israel's operation began 5 weeks ago.

The head of UNRWA warned that the destruction of public infrastructure, destruction of roads and restrictions on access are common.

"People's lives have changed drastically, bringing back trauma and loss. About 40,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, especially in refugee camps in the north," he said.