The UN chief has denounced the Israeli military’s attacks in the occupied West Bank, urging it to “exercise maximum restraint.” In response to Anadolu’s question on increased attacks by Israel in the occupied West Bank as well as rising illegal Israeli settler violence, deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said at a news conference that Antonio Guterres “remains deeply concerned about the ongoing violence in the occupied West Bank, particularly the ongoing large scale military operation in Jenin.” “The secretary-general urges security forces to exercise maximum restraint and use lethal force only when it is strictly unavoidable to protect life,” he said.
