The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported a sharp increase in settler violence in the occupied West Bank during the first half of 2025, with approximately 740 attacks resulting in 340 Palestinian injuries and widespread damage. This escalation has exacerbated the displacement of Palestinians and restricted their access to essential resources. The UN Human Rights Office has classified the forced displacement in the West Bank as potentially constituting a crime against humanity, highlighting operations that include the demolition of hundreds of Palestinian homes and mass forced displacement. These actions are seen as contributing to Israel's annexation of West Bank territories in violation of international law. The UN has called for investigations to hold those responsible accountable. A UN special rapporteur on Palestinian territories described Israel's economy as structured to perpetuate occupation and transform it into a form of genocide. The mass displacement in the West Bank is reportedly the largest since the beginning of Israel's occupation nearly six decades ago, with warnings that such forced displacement by an occupying force could amount to ethnic cleansing.