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.
Aid groups warn of deepening crisis
Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s humanitarian policy lead, described the situation as “tragic and horrifying,” warning that while global attention has focused on Gaza, violence in the occupied West Bank has intensified.
The report also highlights more than 540 illegal Israeli settler-related attacks in the first three months of 2026 alone, alongside continued displacement and fatalities.
Oxfam is calling for urgent measures to protect civilians and address what it describes as a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation.
In recent years, Israeli forces and settlers have intensified attacks across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, involving arrests, killings, property destruction and the displacement of Palestinians, alongside continued illegal settlement expansion.
Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed nearly 73,000 Palestinians and injured more than 173,000 since October 2023.
