The dead in Gaza They number almost 4,000 people, but in the West Bank, another 69 Palestinians have died since the Hamas attack on October 7. Hamas does not dominate there, does another militia, Al Fatah, and, in fact, they don’t exactly get along well. Israel insists that its attack is against “terrorists” in the Gaza Strip, however, that does not explain the attacks on civilians in the West Bank.

In the area, attacks have increased and there has been a recent confrontation between Palestinians and Israeli police, where several young people have died. In the video that accompanies the news, you can see how a mother kisses her son who has just died. Next to him lies the body of another young man to whom a compatriot dedicates a last prayer.

Increasingly frequent scenes here, in the West Bank, which, together with the Gaza Strip, make up the State of Palestine. A region of almost 6,000 meters squares and where there is no presence of Hamas, whose control of the Strip Israel wields for its bombings in Gaza.

However, the West Bank adds since the attacks of last October 7 69 deadthe last, four teenagers just a few hours ago. Victims killed by Israeli forces, not only in protests, but also at funerals. Like them, Ibrahim Wadi, 62, and his son, Ahmad, 25, who were killed in an assault while attending the burial of four other Palestinians executed by Israeli authorities.

“We are a people that wants to live, not die!“says Mamoun Al Fakhouri, a West Bank resident. Since Hamas’s assault on Israel, at least five other Palestinians have been murdered by settlers, Israeli citizens living in the occupied areas of the West Bank. Following the attack on the Gazan hospital, West Bankers have closed their businesses to take to the streets, demanding justice for their compatriots.

And meanwhile, the international community fears that This region could become the new front of a conflict which, after seven decades, seems to have no end.