Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

Israeli soldiers and settlers are using gendered violence and sexual assault and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, human rights and legal experts say.

Palestinian women, men and children have reported attacks, forced nudity, invasive and painful body cavity searches, Israelis exposing their genitals, including to minors, and threats of sexual violence.

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© Photograph: Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Mohammad Nazal/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images

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