'Emboldened' Israeli settlers in West Bank increasingly attacking in groups: UN official

Ajith Sunghay, the head of the UN Human Rights office in the occupied Palestinian territories, has told Al Jazeera a lack of accountability and in some cases egging on from Israeli officials - has led to a spike in both settler violence and violence committed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.

Notably, Sunghay said, there has been an increase in group settler attacks on Palestinians. He spoke shortly after the UN agency released a report calling on Israel to curtail the violence, which has resulted in the death of 291 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7.