They also condemned Israel’s escalation in the occupied West Bank, where settler attacks have reached a record high. A group of UN experts has warned against Israel’s recent escalations in Gaza after Israeli forces killed 160 Palestinians in the strip last month, bringing the death toll during the supposed “ceasefire” to over 1,200. “Despite a ceasefire nominally in force since October 2025, Israeli forces have killed about 160 Palestinians in Gaza in July alone,” the group of 19 human rights experts wrote in a statement released Monday. At the direction of the government, Israeli forces then detained dozens of residents of the village and carried out over 20 pogroms in a single weekend following the incident. This figure doesn’t include July, during which over 100 settler attacks were recorded, according to Israeli media.