UN chief warns of a growing threat of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank [SOUND]

# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is alarmed by surging Israeli settler violence and settlement expansion in the West Bank. Israel has moved to seal off the territory following a deadly attack on its soldiers in Hebron. The Israeli incursion has involved the demolition of homes and commercial properties, as well as sweeping restrictions on movement, leaving many Palestinians confined to their homes or immediate neighbourhoods. Guterres warns these measures could amount to ethnic cleansing: