Escalation 'not the answer,' UN chief tells Israeli Occupation

The United Nations chief on Thursday accused the Israeli Occupation of using disproportionate force against Palestinian groups in a recent raid and warned against escalating the violence.

A large-scale military operation was implemented by the Israeli Occupation in the occupied West Bank earlier this week, during which 12 Palestinians were killed.

"There was an excessive force used by Israeli forces," Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters in New York.

"Escalation is not the answer. It simply bolsters radicalization and leads to a deepening cycle of violence and bloodshed."

The Israeli Occupation's raid, involving hundreds of forces, drone strikes and armored bulldozers, targeted the northern West Bank city of Jenin, a center for multiple armed Palestinian groups.

Guterres called Israeli Occupation airstrikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp "the worst violence in the West Bank in many years, with a significant impact on civilians, including more than one hundred injured and thousands forced to flee."