Overview
- In a yearlong review through Oct. 31, 2025, the U.N. documented the displacement of more than 36,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, calling it mass expulsion unprecedented in scale.
- Israeli authorities advanced or approved 36,973 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and about 27,200 elsewhere in the West Bank, while 84 new outposts were established, bringing the total to more than 300.
- The rights office recorded 1,732 settler violence incidents causing casualties or property damage, described the pattern as coordinated and largely unchallenged, and said Israeli authorities played a central role.
- High Commissioner Volker Türk called for an immediate halt and reversal of settlement expansion, the evacuation of all settlers, an end to the occupation, the return of displaced Palestinians, and a stop to confiscations, evictions, and demolitions.
- Much of the displacement followed a broad Israeli military offensive in the northern West Bank in early 2025; at least 1,045 Palestinians and 45 Israelis have been killed in related West Bank violence, and Israel says its operations target militant groups.