B’Tselem: Settlers unpunished for 21 killings in West Bank ‘ethnic cleansing'

Israeli settlers have gone unpunished in 21 cases where they killed Palestinians over the past two years amid what B’Tselem describes as a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” in the occupied West Bank.

The human rights group noted that the military has been enforcing “an increasingly permissive and reckless open-fire policy” in the Palestinian territory, including the use of air strikes, since 7 October 2023.

The military has also armed “thousands of settlers” while turning a blind eye to their near-daily bloody attacks on Palestinian civilians.

In a social media post on Monday, B’Tselem said there have been 21 cases of settlers killing Palestinians since October 2023, but “not a single perpetrator has been convicted”.

Overall, Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 1,004 Palestinians in the West Bank since then, including 217 minors, according to B’Tselem’s tally.

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