UN rights office warns of 'rapidly deteriorating human rights situation' in West Bank

By Nur Asena Erturk

ANKARA (AA) – The UN human rights office warned on Thursday of "rapidly deteriorating human rights situation" in the West Bank.

In a report, the UN also called on Israel to "end unlawful killings and settler violence" against the Palestinian population.

"The report calls for an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means during law enforcement operations, an end to arbitrary detention and ill-treatment of Palestinians, and the lifting of discriminatory movement restrictions," according to the UN.