UN says settler attacks in occupied West Bank have surpassed 1,000 this year The United Nations says the number of settler attacks causing casualties or property damage in the occupied West Bank has exceeded 1,000 since the start of the year. “Our colleagues at the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs inform us that the number of settler attacks causing casualties or property damage this year in the West Bank has now surpassed 1,000,” a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters. According to the UN, the attacks have affected more than 230 communities across the occupied West Bank.