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Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians reached a record high in October, according to the UN

Home to 2.7 million Palestinians, the West Bank was earmarked for a future state, but Israeli settlements continue to expand More than 140 settler outposts have been established without Israeli government approval since the 1990s. PHOTO: REUTERS Israeli settlers carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in October, marking the highest monthly total since United Nations officials began tracking such incidents in 2006, the UN said on Friday. In a statement warning of a sharp increase in violence, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the attacks, which resulted in casualties