The daily onslaught in Gaza has largely overshadowed a parallel wave of violence in the occupied West Bank, Pillay says.
Since the Gaza war began in October, she noted, more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers there than in any other recorded period.
The violence is due to both Israel’s increasingly militarised operations and a “surge in settler violence” often ignored by Israeli forces, she said.
UN commission addresses Israeli violence in West Bank
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