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Geneva, March 4 (IANS) Increasing violence against both Israelis and Palestinians has had tragic consequences on the innocent people, United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk said. Speaking at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Turk added on Friday that the year 2022 saw the highest number of both Palestinians killed in the past 17 years and Israelis killed since 2016. "This death toll has further, and sharply, deteriorated in the first weeks of 2023, and in the month that has just ended," Turk said, during the interactive dialogue on his report on the occupied…