The United States has said that it is “concerned” by Israel’s raids of the West Bank offices of Palestinian NGOs, stressing that there is not enough evidence to prove their designation as terror organisations.

On Thursday, Israeli forces swept into the West Bank and carried out raids on the offices of seven NGOs, at least six of which the Israel’s defence ministry had declared illegal last October and accused of having links with ‘terrorism’, namely with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).