Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
{{Short description|Series of Israeli military engagements in the occupied West Bank}}
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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
| partof = the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Gaza war and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
| date = 11 October 2023{{cite news |last1=Sawafta |first1=Ali |title=As Gaza war rages, Israeli forces kill 27 Palestinians in West Bank |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-war-rages-israeli-forces-kill-27-palestinians-west-bank-2023-10-11/ |work=Reuters |accessdate=2023-12-22|date=2023-10-11|first2=Henriette|last2=Chacar|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019155449/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-war-rages-israeli-forces-kill-27-palestinians-west-bank-2023-10-11/|archivedate=2023-10-19}} – present
({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=10|day1=11|year1=2023}})
| place = Israeli-occupied West Bank with spillover into Israel{{cite news|url= https://news.sky.com/story/amp/several-injured-near-tel-aviv-after-car-ramming-and-stabbing-attack-local-media-reports-13048885 | title= Ra'anana: One dead and 12 injured in terror attack near Tel Aviv, Israel's emergency services say
|work=Sky News|date=2024-01-15|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118051136/https://news.sky.com/story/amp/several-injured-near-tel-aviv-after-car-ramming-and-stabbing-attack-local-media-reports-13048885|archivedate=2024-01-18}}
| status = Ongoing
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Gaza war}}
| units1 = {{tree list}}
- {{armed forces|Israel}}
- {{army|Israel}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of IDF Northern Command.svg}} Northern Command
- 36th Division
- Etzioni Brigade{{Cite news |date=2024-06-28 |title=IDF evacuates troops from West Bank base as large fire engulfs area |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-evacuates-troops-from-west-bank-base-as-large-fire-engulfs-area/ |work=The Times of Israel|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207080332/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-evacuates-troops-from-west-bank-base-as-large-fire-engulfs-area/|archivedate=2024-12-07|first=Emanuel|last=Fabian}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of IDF Central Command.svg}} Central Command
- 98th Paratroopers Division
- Oz Brigade
- Duvdevan Unit{{Cite news |date=2024-07-01 |title=
July 1: Israeli forces destroy kilometer-long terror tunnel in central Gaza|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-01-2024/#liveblog-entry-3323003 |access-date=2024-07-01 |work=The Times of Israel|first=Michael|last=Bachner|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718171941/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-01-2024/#liveblog-entry-3323003|archivedate=2024-07-18|author2=ToI Staff}}
- 99th Infantry Division
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Israeli Kfir Brigade.svg}} Kfir Brigade{{cite news | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-30-2024/ | title=US indicates IDF takeover of Philadelphi Corridor in line with limited op it backs | work=The Times of Israel|author=ToI Staff|date=2024-05-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530010623/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-30-2024/|archivedate=2024-05-30}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Israeli Field Intelligence Corps.svg}} Combat Intelligence Collection Corps
- 636th Unit{{cite web | url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-august-7-2024 | title=Iran Update, August 7, 2024 | website=Institute for the Study of War|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808012139/https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-august-7-2024|archivedate=2024-08-08}}
- {{air force|Israel}}{{cite news | url=https://aje.io/vhq2tt?update=2907324 | title=Israel’s war on Gaza live: 40 killed in multiple Israeli attacks | website=Al Jazeera English|date=2024-05-18|first=Stephen|last=Quillen|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518143433/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-battles-in-jabalia-and-rafah-as-israel-advances?update=2907324|archivedate=2024-05-18}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Israel Police.svg}} Israel Police
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Israel Border Police.svg}} Israel Border Police{{cite web | url=https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-august-6-2024 | title=Iran Update, August 6, 2024 | website=Institute for the Study of War|date=2024-08-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241127230307/https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-august-6-2024|archivedate=2024-11-27}}
- {{flagicon|Israel}} Shin Bet
- {{flagicon|Israel}} Armed Israeli settlers{{cite news|url= https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israeli-settler-attacks-on-west-bank-palestinians-have-escalated-since-oct-7-un-says | title=Israeli settler attacks on West Bank Palestinians have escalated since Oct. 7, UN says|work=PBS News Hour| date= 2023-11-20|first=Isabel|last=DeBre|agency=Associated Press|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126090342/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israeli-settler-attacks-on-west-bank-palestinians-have-escalated-since-oct-7-un-says|archivedate=2025-01-26}}
{{tree list/end}}
| units2 = {{tree list}}
- {{flagicon|Palestine}} Palestinian Joint Operations Room
- {{armed forces|Fatah}}
- Hornets' Nest
- Jenin Battalion{{cite web|website=Institute for the Study of War|title=Iran Update, December 20, 2023|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-20-2023}}
- Qalqilya Battalion
- Tulkarm Battalion{{cite news |last1=Jhaveri |first1=Ashka |last2=Parry |first2=Andie |last3=Ganzeveld |first3=Annika |last4=Braverman |first4=Alexandra |last5=Soltani |first5=Amin |last6=Mills |first6=Peter |last7=Moore |first7=Johanna |last8=Carter |first8=Brian |title=Iran Update, January 3, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-3-2024 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=Iran Update |agency=Institute for the Study of War |date=3 January 2024 |language=en}}
- Rapid Response unit{{cite web|website=Institute for the Study of War|title=Iran Update, December 27, 2023|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-27-2023}}
- Tulkarm Rapid Response Battalion{{cite web | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-31-2023 | title=Iran Update, December 31, 2023 | work=Institute for the Study of War }}
- Nablus Battalion {{cite news |last1=Parry |first1=Andie |last2=Soltani |first2=Amin |last3=Carter |first3=Brian |last4=Braverman |first4=Alexandra |title=Iran Update, December 29, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-29-2023 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=Iran Update |publisher=Institute for the Study of War |date=29 December 2023 |language=en}}
- Tubas Battalion
- Special Unit{{cite web | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-30-2024 | title=Iran Update, April 30, 2024 | website=Institute for the Study of War }}
- Jenin Battalion{{cite web | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-july-4-2024 | title=Iran Update, July 4, 2024 | website=Institute for the Study of War }}
- {{armed forces|Palestinian Islamic Jihad}}
- Tulkarm Brigade{{cite web|website=Institute for the Study of War|title=Iran Update, December 23, 2023|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-23-2023}}
- Nur Shams Battalion{{cite web | url=https://aje.io/ygmi3h?update=3015975 | title=Live blog | website=Al Jazeera English }}
- Jenin Battalion{{cite web|website=Institute for the Study of War|title=Iran Update, December 15, 2023|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-15-2023}}
- Nablus Battalion{{cite web | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-10-2024 | title=Iran Update, January 10, 2024 | website=Institute for the Study of War }}
- Tubas Battalion{{Cite web|url=http://dev-isw.bivings.com/|title=Institute for the Study of War|website=Institute for the Study of War|access-date=14 February 2024|archive-date=25 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325065358/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-24|url-status=dead}}
- {{armed forces|Hamas}}
- Qabatiya Battalion{{cite web|website=Institute for the Study of War|title=Iran Update, December 14, 2023|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-14-2023}}
- Jenin Battalion{{cite web | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-14-2024 | title=Iran Update, January 14, 2024 | work=Institute for the Study of War }}
- {{armed forces|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine}}
- Dheisheh camp guards
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} Mujahideen Brigades{{cite web | url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-16-2024 | title=Iran Update, April 16, 2024 | work=Institute for the Study of War|date=2024-04-16|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127120752/https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-16-2024|archivedate=2025-01-27}}
- Lions' Den{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Jason |title=Disappointed, disenchanted, defiant: inside the world of the West Bank's angry armed youths |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/26/west-bank-armed-youths-palestinian-militants-fight |newspaper=The Observer |date=26 November 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023}}
- Jenin Brigades{{cite news |last1=Jhaveri |first1=Ashka |last2=Carter |first2=Brian |last3=Ganzeveld |first3=Annika |last4=Soltani |first4=Amin |last5=Braverman |first5=Alexandra |last6=Mills |first6=Peter |last7=Carl |first7=Nicholas |title=Iran Update, January 2, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-2-2024 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=Iran Update |agency=Institute for the Study of War |date=2 January 2024 |language=en}}
- Jerusalem Brigades
- Nablus Battalion{{cite web | url=https://aje.io/zuo0b2?update=3096221 | title=Live blog | website=Al Jazeera English }}
- Biddya Brigades{{Cite web|url=https://www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/iran-update-december-4-2023|title=Iran Update, December 4, 2023|website=Critical Threats}}
- Al-Ayyash Battalion{{cite web | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-group-attempts-to-fire-rockets-from-jenin-area-at-nearby-settlement/#:~:text=A%20group%20calling%20itself%20the,projectile%20mounted%20on%20a%20launcher. | title=Palestinian group attempts to fire rockets from Jenin area at nearby settlement | website=The Times of Israel }}
- Khalil al-Rahman Brigade{{Cite web|title=3 cops killed in southern West Bank shooting attack; IDF pursuing gunmen|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/3-killed-in-southern-west-bank-shooting-attack-idf-pursuing-gunmen/|access-date=2024-09-01|website=Times of Israel|language=en}}
- Salfit Battalion
- Youth of Revenge and Liberationhttps://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-january-28-2025
- Other militants
{{Tree list/end}}
| image = File:2023 Israel–Hamas war - West Bank.svg
| caption = {{Legend |#e71313ff|West Bank Palestinian enclaves (Areas A & B)}} {{Legend|#0038b8ff|West Bank under Israeli control (Area C)}} {{Legend|#13e7dbff|Israeli-annexed Jerusalem/East Jerusalem}}
See here for a more detailed map.
| casualties1 = 13+ soldiers killed{{efn|Sources:{{cite web | url=https://english.news.cn/20231020/09eb36bf8e66424098d9452f8d34e490/c.html | title=12 Palestinians, 1 Israeli police killed in West Bank refugee camp clashes-Xinhua | access-date=22 October 2023 | archive-date=23 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023112735/https://english.news.cn/20231020/09eb36bf8e66424098d9452f8d34e490/c.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-793358 | title=IDF announces name of soldier killed during operation in West Bank | date=23 March 2024 }}{{Cite news |date=27 June 2024 |title=Soldier killed, 16 injured by roadside bombs during operation in West Bank's Jenin|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/soldier-killed-16-injured-by-roadside-bombs-during-operation-in-west-banks-jenin/|access-date=27 June 2024|work=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite news |date=31 August 2024 |title=Soldier killed, 3 injured in shootout with Hamas gunmen in West Bank's Jenin |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/soldier-killed-3-injured-in-shootout-with-hamas-gunmen-in-west-banks-jenin/ |access-date=31 August 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web |title=IDF reservist killed, senior officer seriously hurt by roadside bomb in West Bank |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-reservist-killed-senior-officer-seriously-hurt-by-roadside-bomb-in-west-bank/ |date=2025-01-20 |website=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web |title=Staff Sergeant Liam Hazi fell in Jenin |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/403163 |date=2025-01-30 |website=Arutz Sheva}}{{Cite web |title=IDF reservists Tzvika and Ofer killed in Jordan Valley shooting attack |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/403385 |date=2025-02-04 |website=Arutz Sheva}}}}
35+ soldiers injured{{efn|Sources:{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/22/israels-war-on-gaza-list-of-key-events-day-168 | title=Israel's war on Gaza: List of key events, day 168 }}{{Cite news |last1=Shezaf |first1=Hagar |last2=Kubovich |first2=Yaniv |date=2024-03-09 |title=Seven Israeli soldiers wounded by explosive device in West Bank |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-09/ty-article/.premium/seven-israeli-soldiers-wounded-by-explosive-devise-in-west-bank/0000018e-200f-df70-a1bf-67df5e910000 |access-date=2024-03-10 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Israel's war on Gaza: List of key events, day 180 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/3/israels-war-on-gaza-list-of-key-events-day-180 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=25 July 2024 |title=Israeli intelligence officer dies of wounds from car attack |url=https://aje.io/xvhqez?update=3070422 |website=Al Jazeera}}}}
2+ police officers killed{{efn|Sources:{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/policewoman-killed-3-injured-by-bomb-in-jenin-6-palestinians-killed-in-airstrike/|title=Policewoman killed, 3 injured by bomb in Jenin; 7 Palestinians killed in airstrike |website=The Times of Israel }}{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/commando-dies-after-being-injured-during-west-bank-operation/|title=Commando dies after being injured during West Bank operation|date=9 May 2024|work=Times of Israel}}}}
10+ policemen wounded{{efn|Sources:{{cite web |title=Israel-Palestine war: Palestinians killed by Israeli drone during raid in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-palestinians-killed-israeli-drone-strike-during-raid-occupied-west-bank |publisher=Middle East Eye |access-date=22 October 2023 |date=19 October 2023 |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020133857/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-palestinians-killed-israeli-drone-strike-during-raid-occupied-west-bank |url-status=live }}}}
3 armed settlers injured
| casualties2 = Unknown
| casualties3 = 1 officer killed
4 officers injured
| combatant1 = {{flag|Israel}}
| combatant2 = {{tree list}}
- {{flagicon|Palestine}} Palestinian militias in the West Bank
- {{flag|Palestinian Islamic Jihad}}
- {{flagicon|Fatah|military}} Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
- {{flag|Hamas}}
- {{flag|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine}}
- {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} Palestinian Mujahideen Movement
{{tree list/end}}
| notes = {{center|Per the United Nations and the Palestinian Ministry of Health:
553+ killed{{efn|as of 8 July 2024{{cite web |title=Humanitarian Situation Update #189 West Bank |url=https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-update-189-west-bank |website=OCHA |date=10 July 2024 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=20 July 2024}}}}{{efn|According to the United Nations, an estimated 115 of this total are children{{cite web |title=Humanitarians report rise in children killed and injured in the West Bank |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153206 |website=UN News |date=14 August 2024 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=24 August 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Mahdawi |first1=Arwa |title=As Gaza is destroyed, Israel is killing dozens of children in the West Bank |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/23/israel-killing-children-west-bank?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1711200718 |website=The Guardian |date=23 March 2024 |access-date=24 March 2024}}}}
4,800+ injured{{efn|as of 1 May 2024{{cite web | url=https://aje.io/7gx7wv?update=2870603 | title=Live blog | website=Al Jazeera English }}}}
10,000+ Arrested{{cite web | url=https://aje.io/5hzx8h?update=3102691 | title=Live blog | website=Al Jazeera English }}
2 alleged spies killed{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-men-executed-in-west-bank-for-allegedly-spying-for-israel-as-mob-cheers/|title=2 men executed in West Bank for allegedly spying for Israel, as mob cheers |website=The Times of Israel }}}}
| combatant3 = {{flagicon|Palestine}} Palestinian Authority
| units3 = {{tree list}}
- {{Flagicon image|Coat of arms of Palestine (alternative).svg|border=|size=22px}} Palestinian Security Services
- {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Palestinian National Security Forces.svg|border=|size=22px}} Palestinian National Security Forces
- {{Flagicon image|Emblem of the Palestinian Civil Police Force.png|border=|size=22px}} Palestinian Civil Police Force
{{tree list/end}}
}}
During the Gaza war, Israeli forces have carried out multiple ground incursions, occasionally accompanied by airstrikes, into several Palestinian cities and refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including Jenin and Tulkarm.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-jets-strike-west-banks-jenin-two-killed-palestinian-medics-2023-10-21/ |title=Israel strikes militant compound under West Bank mosque, military says |work=Reuters |date=22 October 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023}} The Israeli incursions have led to clashes with Palestinian militants. 806 West Bank Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the conflict began,{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=West Bank Monthly Snapshot – Casualties, Property Damage and Displacement {{!}} December 2024 |url=https://www.ochaopt.org/content/west-bank-monthly-snapshot-casualties-property-damage-and-displacement-december-2024 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – occupied Palestinian territory |language=en}} including 143 children.{{Cite web |title=Child casualties in the West Bank skyrocket in the past nine months |url=https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/child-casualties-west-bank-skyrocket-past-nine-months}} The United Nations recorded more than 800 Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians between October 2023 and May 2024.{{cite web |title=Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel Flash Update #160 |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-160-enarhe |website=ReliefWeb |date=May 2024 |publisher=UNOCHA |access-date=6 May 2024}} Israel has arrested an estimated 10,000 West Bank Palestinians between 7 October 2023 and August 2024.{{cite news |last=Adams |first=Paul |date=12 August 2024 |title='On verge of an explosion': Policeman's killing part of spiralling West Bank violence |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd735zvg1q9o |work=BBC News}} On 15 December, Doctors Without Borders reported 2023 was the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in recorded history.{{cite web |title=For Palestinians in the West Bank, 2023 was the deadliest year on record |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/palestinians-west-bank-2023-was-deadliest-year-record#:~:text=oPt-,For%20Palestinians%20in%20the%20West%20Bank%2C%202023,the%20deadliest%20year%20on%20record&text=Miles%20away%20from%20Gaza%2C%20Palestinians,and%20obstruction%20of%20health%20care. |website=ReliefWeb |date=15 December 2023 |publisher=Doctors Without Borders |access-date=23 December 2023}}
Background
Tensions and violence between Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank were escalating long before the start of the 2023 war. According to the UN, 2022 was the deadliest year for Palestinians on record,{{cite web |title=Protection of Civilians occupied Palestinian territory |url=https://www.un.org/unispal/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/OCHAPoC_161222.pdf |website=UNOCHA |access-date=23 December 2023}} and the year to September 2023 already represented the deadliest year in history for children in the West Bank.{{cite web |title=2023 marks deadliest year on record for children in the occupied West Bank |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/2023-marks-deadliest-year-record-children-occupied-west-bank |website=ReliefWeb |date=18 September 2023 |publisher=Save the Children |access-date=23 December 2023}}
Incursions into Jenin
= October attacks =
On 12 October 2023, Israel conducted a raid in Jenin, West Bank, resulting in the reported detention of a Hamas fighter and injuries to other individuals.{{cite web |title=IDF clashes with terrorists in Jenin overnight |date=12 October 2023 |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-767848 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=15 October 2023 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015034836/https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-767848 |url-status=live }} On 14 October 2023, another raid was launched in the city, leading to the deaths of multiple people.{{cite web |title=عاجل مراسل #الجزيرة: قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تقتحم مدينة جنين شمالي الضفة الغربية |url=https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1713004101074587757 |website=X |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014033826/https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1713004101074587757 |archive-date=14 October 2023 |format=Post on X |date=14 October 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Israeli Occupation Forces raid Jenin |url=https://en.royanews.tv/news/45293/2023-10-14 |publisher=Roya News |access-date=15 October 2023 |date=15 October 2023 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017055131/https://en.royanews.tv/news/45293/2023-10-14 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Moamar |first1=Ahmed |title=Violent Clashes Broke Out between Palestinians, and Israeli soldiers in Jenin, Qalandia Refugee Camps Today |url=https://see.news/violent-clashes-broke-out-between-palestinians-and-israeli-soldiers-in-jenin-qalandia-refugee-camps-today |publisher=Sada Elbalad English |access-date=15 October 2023 |date=15 October 2023 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017055136/https://see.news/violent-clashes-broke-out-between-palestinians-and-israeli-soldiers-in-jenin-qalandia-refugee-camps-today |url-status=live }}
On 22 October 2023, an airstrike carried out by the Israel Defense Forces targeted Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad groups organising an "imminent terror attack" at the Al-Ansar Mosque, causing extensive damage.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/video/israel-targets-mosque-in-rare-west-bank-airstrike-196165189703 |title=Israel targets mosque in rare West Bank airstrike |publisher=NBC}} Two people were killed, and three others were injured.{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/22/israeli-air-strike-kills-two-in-west-bank-palestinian-medics-say |title=Israel strikes mosque in occupied West Bank refugee camp |work=Al Jazeera |date=22 October 2023 |access-date=13 November 2023}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67186178 |title=Israel carries out air strike on West Bank city Jenin |work=BBC News}} The IDF asserted that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) had been operating from a compound beneath the mosque. The Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, characterized the attack as a "dangerous escalation in the use of warplanes" and expressed concern over the adoption of tactics from Gaza.{{cite news |first1=Isabel |last1=Kershner |first2=Raja |last2=Abdulrahim |date=22 October 2023 |title=Israel Strikes West Bank Mosque, Killing Two |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/22/world/middleeast/israel-west-bank-air-strike-mosque.html#:~:text=The%20Israeli%20military%20carried%20out%20a%20rare%20airstrike%20on%20a,in%20the%20northern%20West%20Bank. |work=The New York Times |location= |access-date=25 October 2023}}
On 27 October, Ayser Mohammad Al-Amer, a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was reportedly killed during a clash with the IDF.{{cite news |title=IDF confirms deadly clashes with gunmen in West Bank raids; 36 arrested |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-confirms-deadly-clashes-with-gunmen-in-west-bank-raids-36-arrested/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |publisher=Times of Israel |date=27 October 2023}} On 29 October, the IDF removed the Jenin Horse, a monument built in 2003 out of scrap metal, including pieces of the Palestine Red Crescent ambulance where Khalil Suleiman was killed by the IDF.{{Cite web |last=Velie |first=Elaine |date=2023-11-01 |title=Israeli Forces Remove West Bank Sculpture Commemorating 2002 Massacre |url=https://hyperallergic.com/854177/israeli-forces-remove-west-bank-sculpture-commemorating-2002-massacre/ |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Hass |first=Amira |date=2003-07-17 |title=Riding High to Ramallah |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2003-07-17/ty-article/riding-high-to-ramallah/0000017f-db29-d3a5-af7f-fbafe98f0000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250206044338/https://www.haaretz.com/2003-07-17/ty-article/riding-high-to-ramallah/0000017f-db29-d3a5-af7f-fbafe98f0000 |archive-date=2025-02-06 |work=Haaretz}}{{Cite news |last=Zakir-Hussain |first=Maryam |date=2023-12-09 |title=Palestinian women battling to preserve their culture amid deadly attacks in West Bank |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestinian-culture-destroyed-west-bank-israel-b2449367.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231218195516/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/palestinian-culture-destroyed-west-bank-israel-b2449367.html |archive-date=2023-12-18 |access-date=2025-02-06 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB}} On 30 October, Israeli forces again raided Jenin, engaging in fighting that reportedly killed two Palestinians.{{cite web |title=IDF, Palestinians exchange fire in Jenin, Palestinians report two killed |date=30 October 2023 |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-770760 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |access-date=30 October 2023}}
=November raids=
On 17 November, the IDF reportedly engaged in clashes with militants from the Al-Quds Brigades and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin over several hours. This confrontation resulted in the deaths of five individuals, including three Hamas fighters and two civilians.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Israeli Troops Kill 5 Palestinians, Including 3 Militants, as West Bank Violence Surges |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/israeli-troops-kill-5-palestinians-including-3-militants-as-west-bank-violence-surges-/7360411.html |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=Voice of America |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-17 |title=Israel's raid in West Bank leaves several dead following US warning of escalation – Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East |url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/11/israels-raid-west-bank-leaves-several-dead-following-us-warning-escalation |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=www.al-monitor.com |language=en}} Another clash occurred on 29 November, during which the IDF reportedly clashed with PIJ militants, leading to the death of two militants.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-29 |title=Four Palestinians, including two children, killed by Israeli forces in West Bank |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/four-palestinians-including-two-children-killed-by-israeli-forces-west-bank-2023-11-29/ |access-date=2023-11-29}}
==Killing of children by Israeli soldiers==
On 29 November, the IDF killed "two high-ranking terrorists". During the raid suspects threw explosive devices at IDF soldiers and they responded with live fire. CCTV footage depicting the killings show 14-year old Basel Abu Al-Wafa being shot at multiple times, sustaining mortal wounds while 8-year old Adam Al-Ghool was killed with a shot to the head.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67572278.amp |title=Two Palestinian boys killed during Israeli raid in West Bank |date=29 November 2023 |work=BBC News}}{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/11/29/israel-kills-two-children-in-latest-raid-on-jenin-refugee-camp | title= Israeli forces kill two Palestinian children in occupied West Bank raid |date=29 November 2023 |work=Al Jazeera}}
=December raids=
On 5 December, clashes resulted in the injury of five Palestinians.{{cite web |title=More on Israel's hours-long raid on Jenin |url=https://aje.io/9qxx01?update=2536491 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 December 2023}} On 6 December, a violent confrontation with the IDF resulted in the death of one teenage protester and injuries to two others.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces fatally shoot 16-year-old Palestinian boy in Yabad |url=https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_fatally_shoot_16_year_old_palestinian_boy_in_yabad |website=Defense for Children |access-date=22 December 2023}} On 12 December, five Palestinians were killed, while another man was killed later that day.{{cite news |title=Israeli military kills six in Jenin, Palestinian officials say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/dec/12/israel-gaza-war-live-updates-news-gaza-attack-palestine-un-ceasefire-vote-hostages?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-657913d88f0889f38750ad89#block-657913d88f0889f38750ad89 |work=The Guardian |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023 |last1=Fulton |first1=Adam |last2=Oladipo |first2=Gloria |last3=Belam |first3=Martin |last4=Hall |first4=Rachel |last5=Ahmad |first5=Reged}} On 13 December, a Palestinian protester was killed, and two others along with a child were wounded by Israeli gunfire.{{cite web |last1=Fabian |first1=Emanuel |title=IDF continues 30-hour Jenin operation; 7 Palestinians said killed in fighting |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-continues-30-hour-jenin-operation-7-palestinians-said-killed-in-fighting/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=22 December 2023}} On 14 December, Israel stated they had arrested 60 wanted individuals, confiscated 50+ weapons, discovered explosives and funds exceeding NIS 100,000, and uncovered underground shafts, explosives labs, and observation posts. According to IDF statements, forces reportedly destroyed infrastructure, seized ammunition, and targeted two squads with the air force, resulting in seven reported deaths and injuries. Over ten individuals, and a total of twelve Palestinians were killed in reported clashes.{{cite news |last1=Sawafta |first1=Ali |title=Israeli troops kill 12 Palestinians, desecrate West Bank mosque |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-forces-raid-jenin-health-ministry-2023-12-14/ |work=Reuters |access-date=22 December 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.now14.co.il/10-%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-60-%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%A2-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%94-%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98/ |title=10 פירים, 60 עצורים: הסתיים המבצע במחנה הפליטים ג'נין |newspaper=Now14 |date=14 December 2023 |first=Elhanan |last=Mazoz |access-date= 4 February 2024}}
A 17-year-old was reportedly shot and killed by IDF forces inside the Khalil Suleiman hospital compound near the Jenin refugee camp, accourding to accounts by the Doctors Without Borders.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-14 |title=IDF censures its soldiers filmed mocking call to prayer in Jenin mosque |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/14/idf-censures-its-soldiers-filmed-mocking-call-to-prayer-in-jenin-mosque |access-date=2023-12-14 |issn=0261-3077}}
A female Israeli soldier shot and killed a Palestinian man on 22 December for attempting to move his car.{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Alan |title=Israeli forces shoot Palestinian man near Jenin |url=https://aje.io/cvvtyk?update=2573523 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 December 2023}} Raids on 24 December in Jenin and multiple other areas in the West Bank resulted in more than ten arrests.{{cite web |title=Nearly a dozen arrested in Israeli raids in occupied West Bank |url=https://aje.io/53epb7?update=2577270 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=24 December 2023}} At least ten houses were raided on 25 December.{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Imran |title=Homes raided in Jenin refugee camp |url=https://aje.io/fm3fq7?update=2578371 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 December 2023}}
=January raids=
A dozen raids were reported on 2 January, with a violent raid in Jenin and violent confrontations in Azzun, resulting in the death of four Palestinians.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Bernard |title=Violent Israeli raids in Azzun and Jenin in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/2/israel-hamas-war-live-almost-22000-palestinians-killed-by-israel-in-gaza?update=2592648 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 January 2024}} Raids were reported in Ya'bad on 5 January, with an eleven-year-old wounded.{{cite web |last1=Jamjoom |first1=Mohammed |title=Raid near Jenin in occupied West Bank ends, leaving one casualty |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/5/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israel-attacks-bombard-khan-younis-rafah?update=2599817 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 January 2024}} A doctor described a drone strike on 7 January, stating one man "was decapitated. It seemed the missile directly hit him. Others had their limbs severed."{{cite web |title=Witnesses describe deadly Jenin drone strike on Palestinians |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/7/israel-war-on-gaza-live-signs-of-starvation-everywhere-in-southern-gaza?update=2602472 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 January 2024}} All entrances into Jenin were reported blocked on 9 January.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces raid Jenin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/9/israel-war-on-gaza-blinken-arrives-in-israel-as-fighting-continues?update=2607344 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 January 2024}} The chair of the Jenin high-level committee stated Israel had destroyed streets, electric poles, water lines, and a monument to Shireen Abu Akleh.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Jenin camp infrastructure destroyed: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/10/israels-war-on-gaza-us-laments-gaza-deaths-but-opposes-ceasefire?update=2609245 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 January 2024}} The British charity Action Around Bethlehem Children with Disability stated it had been damaged by Israeli forces.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces damaged UK charity-funded centre for disabled children |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/10/israels-war-on-gaza-us-laments-gaza-deaths-but-opposes-ceasefire?update=2608673 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 January 2024}}
On 13 January, Israeli soldiers surrounded the Al Amal Hospital, searching ambulances.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces surround Jenin hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-mass-transfer-of-palestinians-from-gaza?update=2618082 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2024}} A young man was killed during a raid and his brother was arrested on 25 January.{{cite web |title=Palestinian man killed in Jenin during latest Israeli raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-kills-9-in-un-shelter-sparking-outrage?update=2647326 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 January 2024}} The IDF destroyed roundabouts on 28 January.{{cite web |title=Videos capture Israeli military bulldozers destroying 'roundabouts' in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hospital-blackout-amid-khan-younis-assault?update=2652200 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 January 2024}} Three young men were reportedly beaten severely by IDF troops in a raid on Ya'bad on 29 January.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli forces storm Ya'bad and Tulkarem, West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-vows-to-respond-to-killing-of-troops?update=2660386 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=30 January 2024}} On 30 January, an additional three young Palestinian men, claimed by the IDF to be militants, were assassinated in a Jenin hospital by Israeli commandos disguised in medical uniforms.{{Cite news |last=McKernan |first=Bethan |date=2024-01-30 |title=Israeli special forces disguised as doctors kill three militants at West Bank hospital |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/30/israel-forces-disguised-women-medics-storm-hospital-jenin-west-bank |access-date=2024-01-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Tufaha |first=Aref |date=30 January 2024 |title=Israeli forces dressed as civilian women and medics kill 3 militants in a West Bank hospital |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-undercover-forces-dressed-women-medics-storm-west-106785748 |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=ABC News |language=en}} The men were reportedly killed in their beds while they were asleep.{{Cite web |author=Al Jazeera Staff |title=Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank hospital raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/30/israel-troops-kill-three-palestinians-in-west-bank-hospital-ministry |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} Some legal analysis have remarked that these actions might constitute a war crime.{{Cite news |last1=Fahim |first1=Kareem |last2=Berger |first2=Miriam |last3=Chamaa |first3=Mohamad El |date=2024-01-31 |title=Israeli agents disguised as doctors, patients kill 3 at West Bank hospital |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/30/israel-forces-jenin-hospital-raid-west-bank/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
=February raids=
Two young men in their late-twenties were hospitalized after being beaten for several hours by Israeli soldiers and left in an olive grove.{{cite web |title=Palestinians beaten by Israeli forces in Jenin transferred to hospital |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-strikes-drive-fears-of-gaza-war-spillover?update=2673619 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 February 2024}} A raid on 13 February destroyed infrastructure, including water, sewage, and internet networks.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli army raids Jenin camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-jordans-king-urges-ceasefire-in-biden-meeting?update=2705005 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 February 2024}} A young man was killed by Israeli forces on 13 February, after the soldiers refused to allow medical personnel to reach him.{{cite web |last1=Stratford |first1=Charles |title=Palestinian dies as medical teams prevented from reaching him |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-jordans-king-urges-ceasefire-in-biden-meeting?update=2704460 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 February 2024}} Clashes were reported in Qabatiya after Israeli forces destroyed people's property and vehicles.{{cite web |title=Clashes and arrests in the town of Qabatiya in West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-food-trucks-surrounded-as-hunger-spreads-in-gaza?update=2716791 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 February 2024}} Israeli Army Radio stated that three Palestinians were killed in an air raid on 20 February.{{cite web |title=Israel carries out air raid in Jenin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-explosion-in-child-deaths-in-gaza?update=2721299 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 February 2024}} A 25-year-old was killed on 21 February.{{cite web |title=25-year-old killed during Israeli raid of Jenin refugee camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-ceasefire-veto-a-new-low-as-hunger-spreads?update=2722125 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 February 2024}} A strike on 22 February killed one and wounded fifteen; two more people died from this strike in the following days.{{cite web |title=More from Jenin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-gaza-has-become-a-death-zone-says-who-chief?update=2726871 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=Third person dies from Israeli drone attack on vehicle in Jenin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/26/israels-war-on-gaza-live-man-made-disaster-as-israel-blocks-food-aid?update=2733230 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=27 February 2024}} The Israeli forces put the village of Jalbun under military lockdown after Israeli demolitions of Palestinian shacks led to confrontations and an arrest.{{cite web |title=Israel declares West Bank village of Jalboun closed military zone after confrontations |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-thousands-could-die-in-days-as-israel-blocks-aid?update=2738026 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 March 2024}}
=March raids=
An 18-year-old boy died from gunshot wounds to the head on 5 March.{{cite web |title=Palestinian teenager dies of wounds days after Israeli raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-attacks-on-aid-seekers-continue?update=2751487 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=7 March 2024}} Two were killed during a raid on 12 March.{{cite web |title=Two Palestinians injured in Israeli raid on Jenin camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-2000-medical-staff-starving-in-north-ministry?update=2767489 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 March 2024}} Israeli forces opened fire on the Jenin Government Hospital wounding civilians standing in front of the emergency department and killing two.{{cite web |title=Israeli raid on Jenin camp ends, leaving behind death and devastation |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-in-rafah?update=2769550 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2024}} An Israeli airstrike killed three people on 21 March, the second airstrike in less than a month.{{cite web |last1=Zabaneh |first1=Rania |title=What is happening in Jenin? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-more-than-100-palestinians-killed-in-24-hours?update=2786851 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=24 March 2024}} Doctors reported four casualties following an Israeli drone raid on 27 March.{{cite web |title=Fourth Palestinian dies after all-night Israeli raid on Jenin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-bombing-intensifies-despite-un-truce-call?update=2802709 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=30 March 2024}} Al Jazeera English reported Israel's "frequent use of drones to kill Palestinians."{{cite web |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Nida |title=Israeli forces turn to drones to target Palestinians in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-bombing-intensifies-despite-un-truce-call?update=2801621 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 April 2024}} A 19-year-old was reported dead from serious gunshot wounds.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces kill teenager during raid in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-bombing-intensifies-despite-un-truce-call?update=2801041 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 April 2024}} According to the official Palestinian news agency, a 13-year-old was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Qabatiya.{{cite web |title=Mourners rally after 13-year-old killed by Israeli forces during West Bank raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-fears-grow-of-wider-conflict-after-deadly-strike?update=2807040 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 April 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-teen-shot-dead-during-israeli-west-bank-raid-wafa-news-agency-2024-03-30/ |title=Palestinian teen shot dead during Israeli West Bank raid, Wafa news agency reports|website=Reuters|access-date=7 April 2024}}
=May raids=
Authorities stated a teacher and a doctor, as well as two teenagers, were among seven people killed on 21 May 2024.{{cite web |title=Israeli troops in Jenin opened fire 'at any moving body in the street' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-40-of-gaza-population-displaced-in-two-weeks?update=2917094 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 May 2024}} The Palestinian Red Crescent Society posted footage reportedly showing Israeli troops preventing medics from transporting a wounded person.{{cite web |title=Israeli troops prevent medics from transporting injured person |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/23/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-full-scale-rafah-invasion-appears-imminent?update=2921535 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 June 2024}} Defense for Children International called on the U.S. to stop providing arms used to kill children after Israeli snipers killed two 15-year-old boys.{{cite web |title=US weapons used by Israeli forces to kill 'children without restraint': Rights group |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/23/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-full-scale-rafah-invasion-appears-imminent?update=2919770 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 June 2024}} Verified footage from the raid showed Israeli forces abusing stripped Palestinian men.{{cite web |title=Video shows Israeli forces interrogate, abuse stripped Palestinian men in Jenin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/23/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-full-scale-rafah-invasion-appears-imminent?update=2919489 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 June 2024}}
=June raids=
In mid-June 2024, Israeli forces reportedly beat a young man from Jenin into unconsciousness.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces beat young man from Jenin refugee camp unconscious, reports Wafa |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-1-million-exhausted-people-trapped-in-south?update=2977843 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 June 2024}}
Incursions into Tulkarm
{{Main|Israeli incursions in Tulkarm}}
=October=
On Thursday, 19 October 2023, at 3 a.m., Israeli forces conducted a raid in Tulkarm, focusing on Nur Shams, various neighborhoods, and the Tulkarm camp.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} A 15-year-old boy and his father were killed by snipers.{{cite web |last1=Nashed |first1=Mat |title=Israelis killing Palestinians 'in cold blood' in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/13/israel-killing-palestinians-in-cold-blood-in-the-west-bank |website=Al Jazeera |date=13 May 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024}} In the Nur Shams camp, a drone deployed by Israel resulted in casualties among a group of Palestinians.{{cite web |last1=Fabian |first1=Emanuel |title=Israeli border officer, 13 Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes, airstrike |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/10-israeli-officers-hurt-5-palestinian-killed-in-west-bank-clashes-airstrike/ |website=The Times of Israel |date=19 October 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023 |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019142837/https://www.timesofisrael.com/10-israeli-officers-hurt-5-palestinian-killed-in-west-bank-clashes-airstrike/ |url-status=live }} Four children and eight young men were killed in the airstrike.{{cite web |title='Little Gaza': Mourning loved ones Israel killed in West Bank refugee camps |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/12/like-little-gaza-families-mourn-killed-refugee-camps-war |website=Al Jazeera |date=12 March 2024 |access-date=15 March 2024}} The Israeli army reported the death of one officer and injuries to nine soldiers due to the detonation of an explosive device in the Nour Shams camp, with the wounded soldiers transported to the Meir Hospital.{{Cite web |date=19 October 2023 |title=Israeli raid on West Bank camp kills 12 Palestinians, officials say |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/five-palestinians-killed-west-bank-clashes-with-israeli-forces-ministry-2023-10-19/ |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=Reuters |language=en-GB|archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020000930/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/five-palestinians-killed-west-bank-clashes-with-israeli-forces-ministry-2023-10-19/ |url-status=live }}
On the second day of the raid, Friday, 20 October 2023, explosions occurred at dawn and in the morning hours. The Tulkarm Battalion reported that additional armed groups had reached Tulkarm to support their efforts.{{Cite web |date=19 October 2023 |title=Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm under tight Israeli army siege, streets bulldozed |url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/138442 |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=wafa|language=en-GB}} The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed 13 casualties, including 5 children, with the deceased and injured transported to Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital.{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite news |last1=Taha |first1=Sufia |title='Day of rage' erupts across West Bank after Israeli forces attack refugee camp |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/20/day-of-rage-erupts-accross-west-bank-after-israeli-forces-attack-refugee-camp |website=The Guardian |date=20 October 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023}}|{{Cite web |date=19 October 2023 |title=Massacre in Tulkarm... 13 Palestinians killed and the killing of one Israeli soldier in Nour Shams camp |url=https://www.alquds.com/en/posts/97218 |access-date=19 October 2023|website=alquds|language=en-GB |archive-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021004149/https://www.alquds.com/en/posts/97218 |url-status=live }}|{{Cite web |date=19 October 2023 |title=13 Palestinians killed in an Israeli assault on Nour Shams refugee camp |url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/138449 |access-date=19 October 2023 |website=wafa|language=en-GB}}|{{cite web |last1=Sawafty |first1=Ali |title=Palestinian health ministry says 13 killed in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-health-ministry-says-13-killed-clashes-with-israeli-forces-west-bank-2023-10-20/ |website=Reuters |date=20 October 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023}}|{{cite web |last1=Rimawi |first1=Issam |title=Israeli forces killed 13 Palestinians in West Bank |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/palestinians-killed-by-israeli-forces-are-taken-to-morgue-news-photo/1734432608 |website=Getty Images |date=20 October 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023}}}}
=November=
On 2 November 2023, an Israeli reserve soldier in a civilian vehicle was ambushed by militants in Beit Lid and fatally shot.{{cite web |last=Fabian |first=Emanuel |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/israeli-man-killed-in-west-bank-this-morning-named/ |title=Israeli man killed in West Bank this morning named |work=The Times of Israel |date=2023-11-02 |access-date=2024-01-20}}{{cite web |url= https://saraya.ps/video/863/مشاهد-من-مكان-عملية-بيت-ليد-ال |title= اللواء الدويري: إسرائيل مضطربة وجحر الديك صورة لما تواجهه قواتها بغزة |work= Sarayer al quds }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
=December=
Five were killed on 17 December, while ambulances were prevented from reaching the wounded, and paramedics were arrested.{{cite web |title=Nur Shams refugee camp in West Bank reels from deadly Israeli raids |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/12/17/nur-shams-refugee-camp-in-west-bank-reels-from-deadly-israeli-raids |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 December 2023}} On 20 December 2023, Israeli forces raided the town of Attil.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces raid Tulkarem refugee camp |url=https://aje.io/9igbod?update=2570314 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 December 2023}} On 23 December, bulldozers entered Tulkarem and clashes were reported between Palestinian and Israeli forces.{{cite web |title=Clashes reported between Palestinians and Israeli military in Tulkarem |url=https://aje.io/5ustgx?update=2576617 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=24 December 2023}} On 24 December, homemade explosives were reportedly used against the IDF.{{cite web |title=Reports of unrest in West Bank cities |url=https://aje.io/53epb7?update=2576935 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=24 December 2023}} More than 100 Israeli army vehicles raided Nur Shams on 25 December.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli forces raid Tulkarem in West Bank |url=https://aje.io/fm3fq7?update=2579337 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 December 2023}} An overnight drone strike was reported on 27 December, with a paramedic stating he found bodies of "men lying everywhere".{{cite web |title='Men lying everywhere': Palestinian medic gives harrowing account of Tulkarem strike |url=https://aje.io/trvz4m?update=2582678 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=27 December 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Shawer |first1=Mosab |title=Bombed, then stabbed: West Bank doctors recall horrors of refugee camp raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/29/bombed-then-stabbed-west-bank-doctors-recall-horrors-of-refugee-camp-raid |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 December 2023}}
=January=
Five people were injured during a raid on 3 January 2024, including one person hit by a live bullet, three people beaten by Israeli soldiers, and one person who was rammed by an Israeli jeep.{{cite web |title=Several injured in Israeli raids on occupied West Bank refugee camps |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/3/israel-hamas-war-live-hezbollah-vows-revenge-for-israeli-strike-on-beirut?update=2595997 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 January 2024}} A forty-hour raid on Nur Shams concluded on 4 January, with more than a dozen wounded from soldier beatings.{{cite web |title=Israeli army withdraws from Nur Shams refugee camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/4/israel-hamas-war-live-bloody-day-for-hezbollah-tensions-with-israel-soar?update=2597792 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 January 2024}} 500 people were reportedly interrogated.{{cite web |title=About 500 Palestinians interrogated in Nur Shams refugee camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/5/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israel-attacks-bombard-khan-younis-rafah?update=2599109 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 January 2024}} The head of the Tulkarem camp services committee condemned an Israeli killing of three young men after video showed soldiers running over the body of one young man after shooting him dead.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli killings in Tulkarem 'inhumane' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/9/israel-war-on-gaza-blinken-arrives-in-israel-as-fighting-continues?update=2607067 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=10 January 2024}} A seven-hour raid on Nur Shams occurred on 12 January, resulting in damage to infrastructure and leading the camp's emergency head to state, "There is no street inside the camp or alley that has not been destroyed."{{cite web |title=Refugee camp raid leaves extensive destruction: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-uk-launch-strikes-on-houthis-report?update=2613695 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=13 January 2024}} A teen boy was beaten to death by Israeli soldiers on 13 January.{{cite web |title=Palestinian teen beaten to death by Israeli soldiers in West Bank: Ministry |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-mass-transfer-of-palestinians-from-gaza?update=2617222 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2024}}
Three paramedics were arrested during a raid on 17 January.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Three medics arrested by Israel during Tulkarem raids: Palestine Red Crescent |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-brutality-of-gaza-crisis-unprecedented-un?update=2628517 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 January 2024}} Five people were killed.{{cite web |title=Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Tulkarem up to five |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-brutality-of-gaza-crisis-unprecedented-un?update=2628202 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=18 January 2024}} The raid reportedly lasted more than forty hours, with homes and infrastructure destroyed and a large number of men detained.{{cite web |last1=Jamjoom |first1=Mohammed |title=Israeli raid in Tulkarem now ongoing for more than 40 hours |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-medicine-arrives-for-captives-palestinians?update=2632040 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 January 2024}} The IDF reportedly exchanged fire with local militants and uncovered explosive booby-trapped roads, damaging electricity and water lines on 30 January.{{cite news |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hyxa0zlc6 |title=כוחות צה"ל פעלו הלילה באזור טול כרם, וניהלו חילופי אש עם מחבלים |newspaper=Ynet |date=30 January 2024 |author=Elisha Bin Kimon |access-date= 31 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Israeli forces destroy power and water lines in refugee camps |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-forces-detain-dozens-in-un-shelter-raid?update=2660624 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=31 January 2024}}
=February=
A young man was shot in the chest during an Israeli raid on Kafr Jammal on 3 February.{{cite web |title=Young man shot during Israeli raid near Tulkarem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-strikes-drive-fears-of-gaza-war-spillover?update=2675846 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 February 2024}} Two men were killed in Nur Shams on 7 February.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in Nur Shams refugee camp: Red Crescent |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-truce-diplomacy-continues?update=2688630 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 February 2024}} The head of Nur Sham's popular committee stated that since 7 October, Israeli forces had raided 17 times, killed 23 young men, destroyed 35 homes, displaced 800 residents, and destroyed roads, sewage, water, and electricity networks.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces injure four Palestinians in Nur Shams refugee camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-truce-diplomacy-continues?update=2688140 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 February 2024}} Two people were killed on 18 February.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-palestinians-fleeing-rafah-face-israeli-strikes?update=2716518 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 February 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Tulkarem official gives update on deadly Israeli raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-palestinians-fleeing-rafah-face-israeli-strikes?update=2716333 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 February 2024}} In response, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry stated, "Carte blanche has been given to Israeli soldiers from the political echelon, enabling them to shoot Palestinians on a whim and without any threat posed."{{cite web |title=Palestinian Foreign Ministry denounces Israeli attack on Tulkarem camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-palestinians-fleeing-rafah-face-israeli-strikes?update=2715871 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 February 2024}}
=March=
Two men were killed by Israeli forces during a raid on 12 March.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces shoot and kill 2 men in Tulkarem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-2000-medical-staff-starving-in-north-ministry?update=2766592 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 March 2024}} Israel launched a raid on 21 March, with witnesses stating it was the "most brutally violent night they've ever had in terms of the destruction they've seen around them."{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Laura |title=Particularly violent night of raids and arrests in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-more-than-100-palestinians-killed-in-24-hours?update=2786827 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=24 March 2024}} The Palestine Red Crescent Society stated four people were killed during an Israeli raid on Nur Shams.{{cite web |title=Death toll in Israeli raid in Nur Shams rises to 4 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-more-than-100-palestinians-killed-in-24-hours?update=2786802 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=24 March 2024}}
=April=
Medical sources in Nur Shams stated a man had been shot in the chin and neck by an Israeli sniper while filming a military raid on the camp.{{cite web |title=Palestinian killed in Nur Shams was shot while filming Israeli raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-presses-israel-for-immediate-ceasefire?update=2819543 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 April 2024}} Destruction was reported following an Israeli raid in late-April, with the Palestinian Red Crescent reporting 14 deaths.{{cite web |title=Destruction after Israeli raid at the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank |url=https://apnews.com/video/west-bank-israel-hamas-war-palestinian-territories-government-aerospace-and-defense-industry-israel-government-e1fe716a865045c88880de3f92655371 |website=Associated Press |access-date=24 April 2024}}
=May=
Three young men in their twenties were reportedly killed in an overnight raid on 16 May.{{cite web |title=Three Palestinians killed as Israeli military storms Tulkarem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-displacement-as-israelis-intensify-assaults?update=2903236 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 May 2024}} In July 2024, Palestinian officials stated five people were killed by Israeli troops during a raid.{{cite web |title=Palestinian officials say Israel troops kill 5 in West Bank raid |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240723-palestinian-officials-say-israel-troops-kill-5-in-west-bank-raid |website=France24 |date=23 July 2024 |access-date=3 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Aftermath of Israeli military's raid in the occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/7/24/aftermath-of-israeli-militarys-raid-in-the-occupied-west-bank |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 August 2024}}
Other raids and incursions
=Ramallah=
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On 12 October 2023, a group of Israeli soldiers and settlers stripped a group of men naked in Ramallah, urinating on them, burning them with cigarettes, and sexually assaulted one man.{{cite web |last1=Magid |first1=Jacob |title=IDF, settlers allegedly bind, strip, beat, burn, urinate on 3 Palestinians in W. Bank |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-settlers-alleged-to-bind-strip-beat-burn-and-pee-on-palestinians-in-w-bank/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=1 January 2024}} Five people were wounded during a raid in Ramallah.{{cite web |title=Five Palestinians wounded during Israeli raid on Ramallah |url=https://aje.io/4n1rfv?update=2571952 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 December 2023}} On 5 January, a teenage boy was shot and killed in Bani Zeid al-Gharbia.{{cite web |title=Footage shows fatal shooting of Palestinian teen during Israeli raid in Beit Rima |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/5/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israel-attacks-bombard-khan-younis-rafah?update=2598717 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 January 2024}} A local doctor was blindfolded and arrested during a Ramallah raid on 7 January.{{cite web |title=Doctor taken from home, detained in Israel's Ramallah raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/7/israel-war-on-gaza-live-signs-of-starvation-everywhere-in-southern-gaza?update=2603642 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 January 2024}} A doctor and nurse were arrested in Ramallah on 8 January.{{cite web |title=Doctor, nurse arrested during Israeli raids across West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/8/israel-war-on-gaza-world-must-look-says-wael-dahdouh-as-son-killed?update=2603694 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 January 2024}} Israeli forces reportedly released poisonous gas during a raid in Beit Rima on 28 January.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces injure Palestinian man in occupied West Bank: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-aid-cuts-are-collective-punishment-unrwa?update=2655719 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 January 2024}}
On 7 February 2024, Israeli forces broke into the house of an American woman in Silwad, pulled her out of bed and arrested her due to her social media posts.{{cite web |last1=Frankel |first1=Julia |title=Israel arrests Palestinian-American woman in the West Bank. Her relatives don't know where she is |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-arrests-palestinian-american-woman-west-bank-family-107007619 |website=ABC News |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=9 February 2024}} A teenager was reportedly shot in the head and killed by Israeli forces on 10 February.{{cite web |title=Palestinian man dies in West Bank after being shot by Israeli soldiers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-death-toll-nears-28000-as-rafah-assault-looms?update=2698239 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 February 2024}} Six children were reportedly arrested in Aboud on 20 February.{{cite web |title=Israel arrests six children in occupied West Bank: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-explosion-in-child-deaths-in-gaza?update=2721257 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 February 2024}} Two ten-year-olds were arrested on 22 February.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israel detains two children in occupied West Bank village: Local official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-gaza-has-become-a-death-zone-says-who-chief?update=2726563 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 February 2024}} The body of a thirteen-year-old boy from Jalazone was found dead near the separation wall, close to Beit El, an illegal Israeli settlement.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=More on killing of 13-year-old Palestinian in Jalazone camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-medics-say-many-gaza-aid-attack-victims-shot?update=2745019 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 March 2024}} A teenage boy was shot dead by Israeli forces on 2 March in Kafr Ni'ma.{{cite web |title=Teenager shot dead as Israeli forces continue night raids in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-medics-say-many-gaza-aid-attack-victims-shot?update=2743851 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 March 2024}} A 13-year-old boy was killed by Israeli forces on 3 March, after he was reportedly left bleeding out for hours.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces shoot 13-year-old Palestinian boy dead in Ramallah |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-every-minute-counts-as-hunger-kills-in-gaza?update=2745383 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 March 2024}} A 16-year-old protester was shot and killed on 4 March.{{cite web |title=Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid on refugee camp in Ramallah |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-repeats-attacks-as-children-die-of-hunger?update=2747177 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 March 2024}} In June 2024, Israeli forces raided Kafr Nima, killing four people and wounding four.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in Kafr Nima, near Ramallah |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hamas-calls-nuseirat-raid-a-complex-war-crime?update=2966663 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=18 June 2024}} A 12-year-old boy died after being shot by Israeli forces in June 2024.{{cite web |title=12-year-old Palestinian boy succumbs to wounds from an Israeli bullet |url=https://www.dci-palestine.org/12_year_old_palestinian_boy_succumbs_to_wounds_from_an_israeli_bullet#:~:text=Mohammad%20was%20shot%20by%20an,10%20a.m.%20on%20June%2022. |website=Defense for Children International |access-date=2 July 2024}}
==Killing of Tawfiq Ajaq==
{{Main|Killing of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar}}
On 19 January, Israeli forces killed an American teenager in Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya.{{cite web |title=White House 'seriously concerned' about killing of Palestinian American teen |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-support-for-israel-ironclad-despite-rebuff?update=2634848 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 January 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Rabin |first1=Roni Caryn |title=Palestinian American Teenager Is Killed in the West Bank |work=The New York Times |date=20 January 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/20/world/middleeast/palestinian-american-killed-west-bank.html |access-date=22 January 2024}}{{efn|The boy was from New Orleans.{{cite news |last1=Betts |first1=Anna |title=He Loved Basketball and Wanted to Help His Family Stores. A Bullet Ended It All. |work=The New York Times |date=21 January 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/21/us/tawfic-abdel-jabbar-palestian-american.html |access-date=22 January 2024}}}} His father stated, "They are killer machines. They are using our tax dollars in the US to support the weapons to kill our own children."{{cite web |title=Father of teen killed by Israeli fire in occupied West Bank slams US support for Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-denied-70-of-aid-to-north-gaza-says-un?update=2636249 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 January 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Vargas |first1=Ramon Antonio |title=Father of US teen killed in West Bank criticizes military support for Israel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/22/tawfiq-ajaq-killed-west-bank-father-us-military-support-israel |website=The Guardian |date=22 January 2024 |access-date=26 January 2024}} The U.S. Office for Palestinian Affairs called for an investigation into the boy's death.{{cite web |title=US demands investigation into killing of Palestinian-American teen |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-denied-70-of-aid-to-north-gaza-says-un?update=2636248 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 January 2024}} The U.S. State Department stated, "We are working to understand the circumstances of the incident [and] have asked the Government of Israel for further information."{{cite web |title=US State Department confirms death of US citizen in occupied West Bank: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-denied-70-of-aid-to-north-gaza-says-un?update=2635231 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 January 2024}} The National Security Council spokesman stated the White House was "seriously concerned about these reports".{{cite web |title=White House 'concerned' about reported killing of US teenager in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-denied-70-of-aid-to-north-gaza-says-un?update=2635149 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 January 2024}} The State Department called for an "urgent investigation" on 22 January.{{cite web |title=US calls for probe into killing of Palestinian American teen by Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-bombing-all-around-hospital-in-khan-younis?update=2639949 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 January 2024}} On 25 January, U.S. Congressmember Rashida Tlaib called for an investigation into Ajaq's death, stating, "Tawfiq deserved to grow old."{{cite web |title=Rashida Tlaib calls for US probe into killing of Palestinian-American teen |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-kills-9-in-un-shelter-sparking-outrage?update=2649074 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 January 2024}} A witness of the killing stated the shooting was unprovoked.{{cite web |last1=Frankel |first1=Julia |title=A witness says the fatal shooting of an American-Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank was unprovoked |url=https://apnews.com/article/american-teen-shooting-death-west-bank-violence-1783ff3a7fa5f65f5b792372fd093445 |website=Associated Press |date=25 January 2024 |access-date=26 January 2024}}
A month later on 10 February, Israeli forces killed another American citizen in Biddu. The victim was 17-year-old Mohammad Khdour, who was shot in the head while out driving.{{Cite web |last=Hansler |first=Jennifer |date=2024-02-15 |title=Blinken offers condolences on reported killings of two Americans in West Bank and calls for investigation {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/15/politics/blinken-americans-west-bank-investigation/index.html |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-15 |title=US investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-america-teenagers-west-bank-killing-33e35fb8e9a9a3641b32ad59b1e50379 |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=AP News |language=en}}
=Hebron=
{{Main|Israeli–Palestinian conflict in Hebron}}
An investigation was launched on 6 December 2023 after Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a mentally disabled man in Hebron.{{cite web |last1=Khadder |first1=Kareem |title=Video shows Israeli soldier shooting mentally disabled Palestinian in West Bank |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/middleeast/mentally-disabled-man-shot-west-bank/index.html |website=CNN |date=5 December 2023 |access-date=25 December 2023}} A 28-year-old pharmaceutical representative was shot dead by the IDF in Beit Einun after turning on a road he didn't know was closed.{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=Alan |title=Palestinian man killed near Hebron in occupied West Bank |url=https://aje.io/9igbod?update=2569257 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in Hebron |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-scores-wounded-rafah-amid-israeli-bombing |website=The New Arab |date=20 December 2023 |access-date=21 December 2023}} On 21 December 2023, Israeli forces raided multiple areas across the Palestinian territories including Halhul and Surif.{{cite web |title=Young Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank |url=https://aje.io/4n1rfv?update=2572240 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 December 2023}} On 27 December, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported three people were wounded during an IDF raid in Hebron.{{cite web |title=PRCS: Three Palestinians wounded during Israeli raid near Hebron |url=https://aje.io/trvz4m?update=2583400 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=27 December 2023}} People in Hebron were injured on 30 December 2023 with rubber bullets and tear gas.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces injure Palestinians with rubber bullets, tear gas near Hebron: Wafa |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/30/israel-hamas-war-live-un-aid-chief-decries-israeli-attack-on-relief-convoy?update=2588523 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=31 December 2023}} On 30 December 2023, the governor of the Hebron Governorate stated the city of Hebron had been sealed off by the IDF since 7 October.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Hebron under Israeli military lockdown since October 7 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/30/israel-hamas-war-live-un-aid-chief-decries-israeli-attack-on-relief-convoy?update=2588124 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=31 December 2023}} On 29 December 2023, Israeli forces assaulted and fired shots at Palestinian shepherds in the Masafer Yatta region.{{cite web |title=Israeli troops assault Palestinian shepherds in occupied West Bank: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/29/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-at-least-20-in-attack-on-rafah?update=2586248 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 December 2023}}
Raids were reported in Al-Arroub on 5 January 2024.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces raid Al-Aroub refugee camp in the West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/5/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israel-attacks-bombard-khan-younis-rafah?update=2599965 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 January 2024}} On 13 January 2024, Israeli forces shot and killed three teenage boys near Adora, Har Hevron.{{cite web |title=Three teenagers killed near illegal settlement in occupied West Bank: Wafa |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-mass-transfer-of-palestinians-from-gaza?update=2616300 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2024}} Later, troops raided the boys' family house in Hebron, using tear gas, sound bombs, and rubber bullets, while their family was mourning the killings.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces attack house in mourning for three slain Palestinians |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-mass-transfer-of-palestinians-from-gaza?update=2617553 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2024}} On 15 January 2024, a young man and young woman were killed near Hebron after an Israeli raid.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=More details about two Palestinians killed near Hebron |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hunger-cold-threaten-more-lives-in-gaza?update=2622825 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 January 2024}} On 19 January 2024, the home of Imad Abu Shamsieh, a human rights activist, was raided, and he was told to stop "filming and documenting".{{cite web |title=Latest on night of raids across occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-denied-70-of-aid-to-north-gaza-says-un?update=2635227 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 January 2024}} On 29 January 2024, the acting mayor of Hebron said Israeli forces had killed two young men and wounded three in Dura.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in Dura so far this year: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-vows-to-respond-to-killing-of-troops?update=2659940 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=30 January 2024}} A boy killed on his way home from school on 15 February 2024 was the 100th child in the West Bank to be killed by Israel since 7 October.{{cite web |title=Child shot leaving school is 100th to be killed in West Bank: Rights group |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-four-dead-as-israel-hits-city-in-lebanons-south?update=2709284 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 February 2024}} Three young brothers were shot by Israeli forces near Hebron on 29 February while picking plants, killing one.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=More on the killing of West Bank Palestinian |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-killing-of-children-in-slow-motion-ngo?update=2740893 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 March 2024}}
On 25 March 2024, authenticated footage showed Israeli soldiers removing a young boy's shirt and slapping him in the face.{{cite web |title=Footage emerges of Israeli soldiers assaulting Palestinian boy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-nine-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-deir-el-balah?update=2795794 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 March 2024}} A 14-year-old boy was reportedly shot and killed in May 2024.{{cite web |title=Palestinian teen shot by Israel dies of wounds |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-news-35-killed-in-rafah-tent-bombings?update=2928570 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 June 2024}} In August 2024, Doctors Without Borders described increased Israeli restrictions and violence against Palestinians was impacting Hebron residents physical and mental health.{{cite web |title=Restrictions and violence block Palestinians in Hebron from medical care |url=https://www.msf.org/restrictions-and-violence-block-palestinians-west-bank-medical-care |website=Doctors Without Borders |access-date=17 August 2024}} During a raid on the Al-Fawar refugee camp, Israeli soldiers abused civilians and arrested more than 30 people.{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Gideon |title=Beatings, Humiliation and Torture: The IDF's Night of Terror at a Palestinian Refugee Camp |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2024-10-25/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/beatings-humiliation-and-torture-the-idfs-night-of-terror-at-a-palestinian-refugee-camp/00000192-c1cc-d9ee-a5de-f1cd0aa30000 |website=Haaretz |access-date=30 October 2024}}
=Tubas, Bethlehem, and Qalqilya=
On 15 December 2023, Israel launched an investigation after B'tselem released video of IDF soldiers shooting two unarmed men at point-blank range in Far'a.{{cite web |last1=Frankel |first1=Julia |title=Israeli military opens probe after videos show Israeli forces killing 2 Palestinians at close range |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-gaza-war-east-jerusalem-shooting-army-23338c903c08bdd3e5fade3e2a048ab1 |website=Associated Press |date=15 December 2023 |access-date=22 December 2023}} Seven were wounded in a raid near Tubas.{{cite web |title=Seven injured in Israeli raid on al-Faraa refugee camp: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-mass-transfer-of-palestinians-from-gaza?update=2617512 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2024}} On 27 February, the acting governor of Tubas stated that an Israeli raid had destroyed roads, generators, while "three young men were killed in cold blood while living their normal lives at their homes".{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Palestinian West Bank official describes 'tough night' of Israeli raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-biden-comments-turn-focus-back-to-gaza-ceasefire?update=2736589 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 February 2024}} In June 2024, a raid on Far'a reportedly lasted more than 12 hours, killing a fifteen-year-old boy.{{cite web |title=Israeli raid in Far'a camp ongoing for 12 hours |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hamas-calls-nuseirat-raid-a-complex-war-crime?update=2965334 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 June 2024}} In September 2024, an Israeli sniper killed Sufyan Jaber Abed Jawwad, the first UN employee to be killed in the West Bank in more than a decade.{{cite web |last1=Tawfeeq |first1=Mohammed |title=UN staff member among 10 killed during Israel military operation in West Bank |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/middleeast/idf-says-a-unrwa-staff-member-among-ten-terrorists-killed-in-military-ops-in-the-west-bank-over-the-past-48-hours/index.html |website=CNN |date=13 September 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Graham-Harrison |first1=Emma |title=UN employee shot dead by Israeli sniper in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/14/un-employee-shot-dead-by-israeli-sniper-in-occupied-west-bank?utm_term=66e6780e986c776a91823fb24c203590&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email |website=The Guardian |date=14 September 2024 |access-date=17 September 2024}}
Raids were also reported in Bethlehem on Christmas Day.{{cite web |last1=Salhut |first1=Hamdah |title=Israeli raids across West Bank, including Bethlehem |url=https://aje.io/fm3fq7?update=2578124 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 December 2023}} On 6 January, Israeli forces reportedly conducted a "crackdown" on resistance and dissent, with troops reportedly beating three men in Bethlehem.{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Laura |title=More details on West Bank raids |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/6/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-forces-raid-occupied-west-bank-towns?update=2600540 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=7 January 2024}} A health clinic near Bethlehem was raided on 10 January.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces raid medical clinic near Bethlehem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/10/israels-war-on-gaza-us-laments-gaza-deaths-but-opposes-ceasefire?update=2608046 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 January 2024}} Raids were reported near Bethlehem on 18 January, with four young men reportedly beaten by soldiers.{{cite web |title=Israel raids villages in the occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-medicine-arrives-for-captives-palestinians?update=2632161 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 January 2024}} On 11 February 2024, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that a 35-year-old man had been killed by Israeli forces with 20 bullets found in his body.{{cite web |title=11 February 2024 Live Updates |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/11/israels-war-on-gaza-live-leaders-warn-of-catastrophe-if-rafah-invaded?update=2701472 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 February 2024}}
On 29 December 2023, a 17-year-old boy in Qalqilya was shot in the chest and then arrested while ambulances sought to aid him.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces detain critically wounded teenager in Qalqilya, Health Ministry says |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/29/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-at-least-20-in-attack-on-rafah?update=2586844 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 December 2023}} On 2 January 2024, paramedics in Qalqilya were shot when they tried to rescue an injured man.{{cite web |title=Violent fights as Israeli forces withdraw from Qalqilya |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/2/israel-hamas-war-live-almost-22000-palestinians-killed-by-israel-in-gaza?update=2592328 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 January 2024}} A 20-year-old was killed when Israeli forces shot him in the head, shoulders, and chest.{{cite web |title=Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in Qalqilya |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-jordans-king-urges-ceasefire-in-biden-meeting?update=2704267 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 February 2024}} A fifteen-year-old boy was killed on 21 February.{{cite web |title=Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian child in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-ceasefire-veto-a-new-low-as-hunger-spreads?update=2724003 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 February 2024}} On 9 March, the mayor of Azzun stated that Israeli forces had killed 8 young men and arrested more than 100 since 7 October.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=West Bank village under Israeli military siege since October 7 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ceasefire-by-ramadan-looking-tough-biden-says?update=2761261 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=10 March 2024}} A 15-year-old boy was reportedly shot and killed by Israeli forces in August 2024.{{cite web |title=Palestinians Say Israeli Troops Kill Teen In West Bank |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/palestinians-say-israeli-troops-kill-teen-in-west-bank-b7b46b31 |website=Barron's |publisher=Agence France Presse |access-date=24 August 2024}}
=Nablus=
Explosions and armed fighting were reported in Balata Camp on 24 December.{{cite web |title=Fighting, explosions reported amid Israeli raid in Nablus |url=https://aje.io/53epb7?update=2577971 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 December 2023}} 35 people were arrested in raids across the West Bank on 25 December.{{cite web |title=Israeli army detains dozens of Palestinians in occupied West Bank |url=https://aje.io/fm3fq7?update=2578536 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 December 2023}} 200 homes in Burqa were raided on Christmas Day.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Palestinian official says Israeli forces raid 200 homes in Burqa in West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/25/israel-hamas-war-live-intense-israeli-strikes-hit-al-bureij-and-al-maghazi?update=2578990 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 December 2023}} Officials in Sebastia reported Israeli settlers were attacking and destroying archeological sites.{{cite web |title=Israeli violations increase against historic West Bank town: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/7/israel-war-on-gaza-live-signs-of-starvation-everywhere-in-southern-gaza?update=2603412 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 January 2024}} At least fourteen people were injured during a raid in Nablus on 9 January.{{cite web |title=Israeli raid on West Bank refugee camp results in 14 Palestinians injured |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/9/israel-war-on-gaza-blinken-arrives-in-israel-as-fighting-continues?update=2606270 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=10 January 2024}} On 10 January, five were wounded in Nablus.{{cite web |title=Five Palestinians wounded during Nablus raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/10/israels-war-on-gaza-us-laments-gaza-deaths-but-opposes-ceasefire?update=2607813 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=11 January 2024}} The head of the Balata Camp service committee stated Israeli soldiers had killed five men in the camp on 17 January 2024, then stated, "Israeli forces kidnapped the bodies of four of the men as well as some body parts of Yazan al-Najmi".{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Fifteen from Balata refugee camp 'executed' by Israeli forces since October 7: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-brutality-of-gaza-crisis-unprecedented-un?update=2628261 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 January 2024}} On 4 February, Israeli forces released a military dog on a 4-year-old boy, who was repeatedly bit and bled profusely for three minutes before being hospitalized.{{cite web |title=Rights group details Israeli army dog attack on 4-year-old boy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/7/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-truce-diplomacy-continues?update=2688622 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 February 2024}} On 6 February, a young man in Beit Furik was shot and killed after Israeli forces prevented ambulances from reaching him.{{cite web |title=Palestinian shot by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank dies: Reports |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/6/israels-war-on-gaza-live-staggering-destruction-in-north-gaza-unrwa?update=2683858 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=7 February 2024}}
On 13 February, settlers attacked shepherds, pelting them with stones, setting a vehicle on fire, and attempting to steal their flock.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=More Israeli settler attacks on Nablus villages |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-jordans-king-urges-ceasefire-in-biden-meeting?update=2704600 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 February 2024}} On 18 February, the governor of Nablus stated 48 people had been killed by Israelis since 7 October, and that the military was erecting gates and checkpoints, effectively turning it into a "big prison".{{cite web |title=Nablus facing 'economic and political seige' by Israel: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-palestinians-fleeing-rafah-face-israeli-strikes?update=2716731 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 February 2024}} The village council chair of Duma stated their town had been sealed off by the IDF for 90 days and required international intervention.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=West Bank village sealed off for 90 days now: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-explosion-in-child-deaths-in-gaza?update=2720673 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 February 2024}} A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back and killed during a military raid on 29 February.{{cite web |title=Rights group says 17-year-old Palestinian boy killed near Nablus was shot in the back |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-killing-of-children-in-slow-motion-ngo?update=2740676 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 March 2024}} An 11-year-old was killed after being shot in the head by Israeli live ammunition in Burin on 4 March.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy in Burin in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-repeats-attacks-as-children-die-of-hunger?update=2748585 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 March 2024}} After Israeli settlers attacked a home, Israeli forces arrived to protect the settlers, shooting live bullets and tear gas canisters at the Palestinian homeowners.{{cite web |title=Israeli settlers attack Palestinian home in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-holds-al-jazeera-reporter-for-12-hours?update=2782928 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 March 2024}} In August 2024, a Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic died a week after sustaining injuries during an Israeli raid.{{cite web |title=Palestinian paramedic succumbs to wounds after Israeli attack in West Bank |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-paramedic-succumbs-wounds-after-israeli-raid?amp=1 |website=The New Arab |access-date=17 August 2024}}
In November 2024, an Israeli soldier on a military jeep shot and killed an 11-year-old boy.{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Gideon |last2=Levac |first2=Alex |title=An 11-year-old Palestinian Boy Was Shot Dead After Throwing Stones at Armored Israeli Army Vehicles |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2024-11-01/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/an-11-year-old-palestinian-boy-was-shot-dead-after-throwing-stones-at-armored-idf-vehicles/00000192-e990-d43e-a5b6-fbb1e2e30000 |website=Haaretz |access-date=4 November 2024|url-access=subscription}}
= Across West Bank =
On 31 October, Israeli forces heightened their operations in other parts of the West Bank, resulting in the deaths of five Palestinians in Qabatiya, Tammun, and Nablus. This brought the total number of casualties in the West Bank since 7 October to 90 people, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported Israeli forces had fired live ammunition on youth protesters in Halhul, injuring two, with additional raids in Tubas, Qalqilya, Deir Abu Da'if, Jalbun, and Jalqamus.{{cite web |title=Injuries reported amid latest Israeli raids across occupied West Bank |url=https://aje.io/cvvtyk?update=2572592 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 December 2023}} On 23 December, raids were reported across the West Bank, including in Dheisheh, Hebron, Yatta, Beita, Qaryut, Jericho, Ein as-Sultan, and Aqabat Jaber.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces conduct dawn raids across occupied West Bank: Report |url=https://aje.io/5ustgx?update=2574982 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 December 2023}} The same day, Israeli soldiers shot a man with special needs carrying a bag of lollipops reportedly for no apparent reason.{{cite news |last1=Levy |first1=Gideon |last2=Levac |first2=Alex |title=A Disabled Palestinian Was Carrying a Bag of Lollipops When He Was Shot by Israeli Troops |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/twilight-zone/2023-12-23/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/a-disabled-palestinian-was-carrying-a-bag-of-lollipops-when-he-was-shot-by-israeli-troops/0000018c-93d1-dfd0-a5af-fbf5d94e0000 |website=Haaretz |access-date=25 December 2023}} On 25 December, Israeli forces destroyed an agricultural facility in Salfit and ordered the residents of Yatta to cease construction of a new school.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces demolish agricultural facility near Salfit |url=https://aje.io/fm3fq7?update=2578581 |access-date=25 December 2023 |website=Al Jazeera}} On 28 December, the Palestine Monetary Authority reported Israeli forces raided the headquarters of six exchange companies and seized vast sums of money.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces raided six exchange companies: Palestine Monetary Authority |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks?update=2584253 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 December 2023}} Approximately $2.5 million were seized after soldiers blew up the bank vaults.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces 'seize $2.5m' from West Bank exchange shops |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks?update=2583973 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 December 2023}} Raids were reported across the West Bank on 9 January.{{cite web |title=Israel conducts widespread raids across the West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/9/israel-war-on-gaza-blinken-arrives-in-israel-as-fighting-continues?update=2605298 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=10 January 2024}}
Five Palestinians were killed throughout the West Bank on 14 January.{{cite web |title=Five Palestinians killed in West Bank on Sunday |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-100-days-of-war-in-gaza-as-more-children-killed?update=2621218 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2024}} Raids were reported across the West Bank on 18 January.{{cite web |title=Israel conducts raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-medicine-arrives-for-captives-palestinians?update=2628858 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 January 2024}} Raids were reported across the West Bank on 21 January, placing economic pressure on residents and disrupting peoples' livelihoods.{{cite web |last1=Abdel-Hamid |first1=Hoda |title=Like every night, raids across the occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-deadly-israeli-attacks-across-gaza?update=2637280 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 January 2024}} Raids were reported across the West Bank on 25 January.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces raid major cities across the occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-kills-9-in-un-shelter-sparking-outrage?update=2646667 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 January 2024}} Raids on 29 January killed five boys and young men in just 24 hours.{{cite web |title=Israeli troops kill five Palestinians in occupied West Bank in 24 hours: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-vows-to-respond-to-killing-of-troops?update=2658370 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=30 January 2024}} A Jericho raid by Israeli forces on 21 March killed a young Palestinian man.{{cite web |title=One dead, two injured in Israeli raid on refugee camp in Jericho |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-more-than-100-palestinians-killed-in-24-hours?update=2788533 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 March 2024}}
=East Jerusalem=
On 22 December, two Palestinians in East Jerusalem were wounded after Israeli forces fired sound bombs and tear gas.{{cite web |title=Two people injured in occupied East Jerusalem: Red Crescent |url=https://aje.io/cvvtyk?update=2573501 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 December 2023}} On 29 December, Israeli forces fired skunk water, tear gas, and rubber bullets at worshippers in Wadi al-Joz.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces spray 'skunk water', fire tear gas at Jerusalem worshippers: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/29/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-at-least-20-in-attack-on-rafah?update=2586101 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 December 2023}} The same day, one individual was reported injured following an Israeli raid in Kafr 'Aqab.{{cite web |title=Injury, arrests reported as Israeli forces continue raids in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/29/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-at-least-20-in-attack-on-rafah?update=2585411 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 December 2023}} A raid was reported in Silwan, with families reporting Israeli troops ransacking homes after accusing them of shooting fireworks at settlers 2 km away.{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Laura |title=More on earlier Israeli raid on Silwan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/31/israel-hamas-war-live-destroyed-homes-leave-1-5-million-homeless-in-gaza?update=2588638 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=31 December 2023}} A four-year-old girl was killed by Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint on 7 January.{{cite web |title=7 January Live Updates |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/7/israel-war-on-gaza-live-signs-of-starvation-everywhere-in-southern-gaza?update=2603462 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 January 2024}} A man in az-Za'ayyem was reportedly forced to demolish his own home.{{cite web |title=Palestinian forced to demolish own home near Jerusalem: Wafa |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-bombing-all-around-hospital-in-khan-younis?update=2638417 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 January 2024}} A fourteen-year-old boy was shot and killed on 5 February.{{cite web |title=Palestinian teen killed in town near occupied East Jerusalem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-strikes-level-homes-in-deir-el-balah?update=2679686 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 February 2024}} A 15-year-old boy was killed on 12 February.{{cite web |title=Boy killed by Israeli forces in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-planning-rafah-assault-as-talks-continue?update=2702073 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 February 2024}} A thirteen-year-old boy was arrested on 14 February.{{cite web |title=Israeli forces arrest 13-year-old boy near occupied East Jerusalem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-afraid-to-leave-as-israel-fires-on-hospital?update=2706325 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 February 2024}}
An American teenager was shot in the head and killed by Israeli police in Biddu.{{cite news |last1=Rosenzweig-Ziff |first1=Dan |title=Family grieves after American teenager shot dead in West Bank |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/13/american-killed-west-bank-israel-war/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=14 February 2024}} In a statement, the U.S. State Department said, "We urgently call for a quick, thorough, and transparent investigation, including full accountability".{{cite web |title=US 'devastated' by killing of Palestinian-American teen by Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-afraid-to-leave-as-israel-fires-on-hospital?update=2708676 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 February 2024}} On 21 February, Fakhri Abu Diab, a researcher, stated that Israeli policy had implemented an "iron fist" on Jerusalem Palestinians, thus subjecting them to collective punishment.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israel tightening restrictions against Palestinians in Jerusalem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-ceasefire-veto-a-new-low-as-hunger-spreads?update=2724661 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 February 2024}}
In May 2024, the UNRWA office was closed after Israelis set fire to the building, causing "extensive damage".{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Kathryn |title=Unrwa closes East Jerusalem compound after attacks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68987130 |website=BBC |date=9 May 2024 |access-date=12 May 2024}} Philippe Lazzarini, head of UNRWA, stated UN staff in prior months had been harassed, intimidated, and threatened with guns by Israelis.{{cite web |title='Outrageous' arson attack forces UNRWA to temporarily shutter East Jerusalem compound |url=https://palestine.un.org/en/268281-'outrageous'-arson-attack-forces-unrwa-temporarily-shutter-east-jerusalem-compound |website=United Nations |access-date=14 May 2024}} On 13 May, HaMoked stated that Israelis had again attacked UNRWA headquarters, setting the perimeter on fire.{{cite web |title=Israelis torch area around UNRWA headquarters |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-reinvades-north-gaza-as-people-flee-south?update=2897972 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=18 May 2024}}
==Killing of Rami Hamdan al-Halhuli==
A 13-year-old boy was shot in the chest by Israeli forces and died in East Jerusalem on 12 March.{{cite web |title=Two Palestinians killed near Jerusalem: Red Crescent |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-2000-medical-staff-starving-in-north-ministry?update=2769019 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 March 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Laura |title=Israel imposing conditions on the return of slain Palestinian teen's body |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-attack-coming-soon-despite-pressure?update=2771325 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 March 2024}} Israeli forces said the boy had shot fireworks at them; however, video of the incident showed he had aimed the fireworks into the air.{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Laura |title=Witnesses say slain Palestinian teen shot fireworks up in the air, not at soldiers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-in-rafah?update=2769247 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2024}} Clashes between protesters and Israeli forces erupted the following day.{{cite web |title=Clashes erupt in Shu'fat refugee camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-in-rafah?update=2770828 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2024}} Following the child's death, Itamar Ben-Gvir stated that he saluted the troops who had killed the "terrorist".{{cite web |title=Ben-Gvir salutes Israeli soldiers after killing of Palestinian boy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-in-rafah?update=2769235 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2024}} Israel held onto the child's body, reportedly to pressure the family to reduce the large number of people mourning the boy's death in their home.{{cite web |last1=Basravi |first1=Zein |title=Israeli military withholding 13-year-old Palestinian's body to pressure family |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-attack-coming-soon-despite-pressure?update=2771643 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 March 2024}} Israeli forces stated they would release the body but stated the child would need to be buried on the opposite side of the Israeli West Bank barrier from his family.{{cite web |title=Slain Palestinian child's father says Israeli forces are imposing restrictions on return of body |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-attack-coming-soon-despite-pressure?update=2771497 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 March 2024}}
The boy's family described the child, stating, "He was good at school, he was smart, he helped our neighbours."{{cite news |last1=Gunter |first1=Joel |title=Israeli forces shoot dead 12-year-old Palestinian who set off firework |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68557147 |website=BBC |date=13 March 2024 |access-date=17 March 2024}} A preliminary investigation suggested the boy was shot and killed before his firework had launched.{{cite web |last1=El-Sherbiny |first1=Eman |last2=Gonzales |first2=Carlos |title=Footage Captures Moment that 12-year-old Palestinian is Fatally Shot in Shuafat Refugee Camp |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/03/13/palestinian-fatally-shot-israel-rami-hamdan-in-shuafat-refugee-camp/ |website=Bellingcat |date=13 March 2024 |access-date=17 March 2024}} The boy's funeral was held on 18 March.{{cite web |title=Funeral held for 13-year-old boy shot dead by Israeli forces |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ceasefire-push-as-rafah-invasion-looms?update=2779923 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 March 2024}}
=Jordan Valley=
Shepherds in the Jordan Valley reported arbitrary arrests and settler violence following 7 October.{{cite web |title='Like a mafia': Israeli settlers, forces squeeze Palestinian shepherds out |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/1/27/like-a-mafia-israeli-settlers-forces-squeeze-palestinian-shepherds-out |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 January 2024}} Israeli forces stormed the Ein as-Sultan camp on 1 February 2024.{{cite web |title=Israeli army raids camp in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/1/israels-war-on-gaza-live-death-toll-in-gaza-nears-27000-66000-wounded?update=2669053 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 February 2024}}
Large-scale Israeli operations
= Operation Summer Camps =
{{Main|2024 Israeli military operation in the West Bank}}
On 28 August 2024, Israel launched its largest military operation inside the West Bank since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002,{{Cite web |last1=Hamamdjian |first1=Daniele |last2=Da Silva |first2=Chantal |last3=Arkin |first3=Daniel |date=2024-08-28 |title=Israeli operation in occupied West Bank leaves at least 10 dead in largest raid in decades |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-west-bank-raids-occupied-west-bank-rcna168559 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=NBC News |language=en}} calling it "Operation Summer Camps",{{Cite web |date=2024-09-06 |title='All the streets were destroyed:' Palestinians count the cost as Israel pulls back from Jenin |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/06/middleeast/israeli-military-operation-jenin-west-bank-enters-second-week-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Jonathan |date=2024-09-04 |title=Inside the brutal siege of Jenin |url=https://www.972mag.com/jenin-operation-summer-camps/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=+972 Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Menachem |first=Yoni Ben |date=2024-09-01 |title=The IDF's "Operation Summer Camps" Against the Iranian Terrorist Army on the West Bank |url=https://jcpa.org/the-idfs-operation-summer-camps-against-the-iranian-terrorist-army-on-the-west-bank/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs |language=en}} and deployed hundreds of IDF troops together with bulldozers and air support.{{Cite web |title=Israeli Army Says Launches Operation In West Bank |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/israeli-army-says-launches-operation-in-west-bank-57004674 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Barron's |language=en-US |agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{Cite web |title=At least 7 Palestinians killed in major Israeli raids on occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-many-still-buried-after-day-of-israeli-strikes |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Hudson |first1=John |last2=Morris |first2=Loveday |last3=Vinall |first3=Frances |last4=Parker |first4=Claire |last5=Balousha |first5=Hazem |date=2024-08-28 |title=Israel launches major operation in West Bank; Palestinian officials say 9 killed |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/28/israel-gaza-war-west-bank-palestinian/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
The stated aim of the operation was to degrade West Bank militant forces and prevent attacks on Israeli targets. Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz labelled the operation a "full-fledged war" and accused Iran of trying to establish an "eastern terrorist front" against Israel in the West Bank by funding and arming militants in the region.{{Cite web |date=28 August 2024 |title=Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-08-28-2024-41d98ed3cda2ba4a783913b06fbdc7d1 |website=AP News}}
As part of the military operation, Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants in and around cities across the West Bank, including Tulkarm and Jenin. Notably, the IDF managed to kill Abu Shujaa and Wassem Hazem, the heads of the Tulkarm Brigade and Hamas' Jenin branch, respectively.{{Cite news |date=29 August 2024 |title=Israel kills one of most wanted West Bank commanders as operation continues |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/29/israel-operation-west-bank-gaza-war/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}{{Cite web |title=Israel says Hamas leader killed as West Bank operation continues |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ykjx57kz8o |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}
On 3 October 2024, Israel launched its first airstrike on the Tulkarm refugee camp since Operation Defensive Shield, killing 20 people including Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi and Ayyth Radwan, the respective heads of the local Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad branches.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=IDF jets conduct strike in Tulkarm, eliminate Hamas commander responsible for West Bank car bombing |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-823138 |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}
= Iron Wall =
{{Main|2025 Israeli operation in the West Bank}}
On 21 January 2025, Israel began another large-scale military operation in the West Bank, just days after the implementation of the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire. Israel's operation, which it calls "Iron Wall", began in Jenin,{{Cite web |title=Israel launches major offensive in Jenin days after Gaza ceasefire |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-launches-major-iron-wall-assault-jenin-days-after-gaza-ceasefire |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}} but has spread to Tulkarm and other Palestinian cities and towns. It marks a strategically distinct and more aggressive approach against West Bank militancy compared to previous Israeli raids,{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Marcus |title=Demolitions in Jenin Signal Israel’s New Approach in the West Bank |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/demolitions-in-jenin-signal-israels-new-approach-in-the-west-bank-07ecc1c6 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=WSJ |language=en-US}} and also marks the first time that the Palestinian Authority directly participates in an Israeli military operation.{{Cite web |title=Israeli army and Palestinian Authority besiege and raid Jenin hospitals |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-army-and-palestinian-authority-besiege-and-raid-jenin-hospitals |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Israeli forces 'block entrances to Jenin' as deadly raid enters fourth day |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/24/israeli-forces-block-entrances-to-jenin-as-deadly-raid-enters-fourth-day |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
Reprisal attacks by militants
Since the beginning of the war, Palestinian militias in the West Bank have largely been on the defensive against near-daily Israeli raids. Nonetheless, they have sometimes carried out offensive operations against Israeli targets such as settlements, checkpoints, military outposts, and individuals.
= 2023 =
On 20 November, the Salfit Battalion, an unaffiliated minor Palestinian militia, attacked two settler vehicles near Az-Zawiya.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, November 20, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-20-2023 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
On 21 December, militants attacked the Beitar Illit settlement near Bethlehem with explosives.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, December 21, 2023 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-21-2023 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
= 2024 =
On 12 January, the IDF killed three militants who attempted to infiltrate an Israeli settlement near Hebron and wounded a soldier.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-12 |title=Terror in West Bank: Israel kills three terrorists who infiltrated settlement |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-781964 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-01-13 |title=Militants 'neutralized' after West Bank settlement attack: Israel army |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2440696/middle-east |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Arab News |language=en}} On 15 January, two militants who entered Israel covertly from Hebron carried out vehicle-ramming attacks in Ra'anana, killing one person and injuring 18 others.{{Cite web |date=15 January 2024 |title=Magen David Adom: 18 injured in total in Ra'anana terror attack |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/magen-david-adom-18-injured-in-total-in-raanana-terror-attack/ |website=The Times of Israel}}
On 16 February, the al-Quds Brigades fired at Israeli forces stationed at the Dotan checkpoint, south of the Mevo Dotan settlement in the West Bank.{{Cite web |title=iran-update-february-16-2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-february-16-2024}} On 29 February, three militants, including a Palestinian Authority policeman, opened fire at a gas station near the West Bank settlement of Eli, killing two Israelis.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-29 |title=Two Israelis murdered in West Bank terror shooting, three terrorists killed |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-789647 |access-date=2024-02-29 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}
On 16 March, a militant reportedly affiliated with Hamas opened fire on a settlement near Hebron and was killed by the IDF.{{Cite news |date=16 March 2024 |title=Palestinian gunman opens fire at Hebron settlement neighborhood, is killed by troops |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-gunman-opens-fire-at-hebron-settlement-neighborhood-is-killed-by-troops/ |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}}
On 13 April, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades attacked an IDF checkpoint, an Israeli settlement near Tulkarm, and an Israeli town on the West Bank border.{{cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-april-14-2024}}
On 19 June, the Al-Quds Brigades targeted an outpost on the site of the former Homesh settlement with explosives.{{Cite web |date=20 June 2024 |title=IRAN UPDATE, JUNE 20, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-june-20-2024 |website=ISW Press}} On 22 June, the Tulkarm Brigade{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Kara |date=2024-08-29 |title=As the world focuses on Gaza, the West Bank has reached boiling point. Here's what to know |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/29/middleeast/west-bank-conflict-explained-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=CNN |language=en}} killed an Israeli civilian in Qalqilya.{{Cite web |date=22 June 2024 |title=Israeli man shot and killed in his car in West Bank's Qalqilya in apparent terror |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-man-shot-and-killed-in-his-vehicle-in-west-banks-qalqilya-troops-enter-city/ |website=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web |date=22 June 2024 |title=Israeli civilian was shot and killed in West Bank, army says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-civilian-was-shot-killed-west-bank-army-says-2024-06-22/#:~:text=JERUSALEM%2C%20June%2022%20(Reuters),what%20happened%2C%20the%20military%20said. |website=Reuters}}
On 16 July, at the Ramin Junction near Nablus, militants opened fire on an Israeli vehicle that had previously injured several Palestinian civilians. Three settlers inside were wounded.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, July 16, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-july-16-2024 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=16 July 2024 |title=Three Israeli settlers reported wounded following gunfire near Nablus |url=https://aje.io/aqpheg?update=3050729 |website=Al Jazeera}} On 31 July, a Hamas militant shot and stabbed a settler in his vehicle near Kiryat Arba, a settlement near Hebron.{{Cite web |date=31 July 2024 |title=Israeli wounded in Judea terror attack |url=https://www.jns.org/israeli-wounded-in-terror-attack-in-samaria/ |website=JNS}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=Hamas terror attack leaves one seriously wounded in West Bank |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-812650 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}
On 6 August, a militant carried out a shooting attack in the Beka'ot settlement.{{Cite web |date=6 August 2024 |title=Palestinian man shot and wounded by Israeli forces in Jordan Valley |url=https://aje.io/p0wtaz?update=3101609 |website=Al Jazeera}} On 11 August, Hamas carried out a drive-by shooting on two settlers on Route 90 near the Mehola settlement in the Jordan Valley, killing one and wounding the other.{{cite news |last=Fabian |first=Emanuel |date=11 August 2024 |title=Civilian killed, another hurt in Jordan Valley terror attack; IDF hunting for shooters |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/civilian-killed-another-hurt-in-jordan-valley-terror-attack-idf-hunting-for-shooters/ |publisher=Times of Israel}}{{cite news |last=Grunblatt |first=Darcie |date=11 August 2024 |title=Yonatan Deutsch killed in shooting attack in West Bank, IDF pursues terrorist |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-814265 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post}} On 18 August, a militant killed an Israeli security guard with a hammer near the Kedumim settlement.{{Cite web |date=18 August 2024 |title=Israeli civilian security guard killed in West Bank hammer attack |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-civilian-security-guard-critically-wounded-in-west-bank-hammer-attack/ |website=Times of Israel}} That same day, a militant from Nablus carried out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, wounding one person.{{Cite web |date=19 August 2024 |title=Hamas claims Tel Aviv blast as attempted suicide bombing, vows to carry out more |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-claims-tel-aviv-blast-as-attempted-suicide-bombing-vows-to-carry-out-more/ |website=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web |title=Prioritizing the West Bank Amid Escalation and Deterioration {{!}} The Washington Institute |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/prioritizing-west-bank-amid-escalation-and-deterioration |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=www.washingtoninstitute.org |language=en}} On 30 August, militants of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades{{Cite web |date=1 September 2024 |title=Fatah terror faction claims double car bombing in Judea |url=https://www.jns.org/fatah-terror-faction-claims-double-car-bombing-in-judea/ |website=JNS}} used two car bombs to attack Israeli settlements near Hebron.{{Cite web |title=Institute for the Study of War |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-august-31-2024 |website=Institute for the Study of War}}
On 1 September, the Khalil al-Rahman Brigade killed three Israeli police officers who were driving near Hebron.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-01 |title=Palestinian militants kill 3 Israeli police in the West Bank |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-raids-bc3383024400ee42518e41f3660acbd4 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=1 September 2024 |title=Three Israeli police killed in West Bank shooting attack |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-two-israelis-killed-west-bank-shooting-attack-medics-say-2024-09-01/ |website=Reuters}}{{Cite web |title=Israeli officers killed in West Bank shooting amid deadly Jenin raids |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/1/two-israelis-killed-in-west-bank-shooting-amid-deadly-jenin-raids |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} On 8 September, a pro-Palestinian Jordanian gunman killed three Israeli personnel at the Allenby Crossing, at the border between Jordan and the West Bank.{{Cite news |date=8 September 2024 |title=Gunman kills 3 Israelis in rare attack at border crossing with Jordan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/08/shooting-allenby-bridge-jordan-west-bank-israel/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}} On 11 September, a militant carried out a ramming attack near the Givat Asaf settlement, killing one soldier.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Soldier killed in ramming attack in West Bank, terrorist apprehended |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-819647 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}} On 19 September, the al-Quds Brigades targeted the Shaked settlement with gunfire.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, September 19, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-september-19-2024 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades targeted two IDF checkpoints at Mount Ebal and Mount Gerzim with gunfire on 19 September and 21 September, respectively.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, September 23, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-september-23-2024 |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
On 1 October, two Hamas gunmen from Hebron carried out a shooting attack in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, killing seven people and injuring 17 others.{{Cite news |date=1 October 2024 |title=Seven murdered in Jaffa terror shooting, many more wounded |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-822839 |access-date=1 October 2024 |work=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=1 October 2024 |title=פיגוע ירי קשה ביפו: שישה פצועים בכמה זירות במקביל; מד"א: "אירוע רב נפגעים" |trans-title=A serious shooting attack in Jaffa: six wounded in several scenes at the same time; MDA: "Incident with many casualties" |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/news/law/article-1137095 |access-date=1 October 2024 |website=Maariv |language=he}}{{Cite news |last=Fabian |first=Emanuel |date=1 October 2024 |title=Many wounded, including 2 critically, in shooting attack at train station in Jaffa |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/initial-reports-of-shooting-incident-in-jaffa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002064144/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/initial-reports-of-shooting-incident-in-jaffa/ |archive-date=2 October 2024 |access-date=1 October 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}} On 6 October, the Mujahideen Brigades of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement carried out a shooting attack on a gathering of IDF soldiers and settlers near Jenin.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-06 |title=Mujahideen Brigades: We carried out shooting operation in Jenin, caused injuries |url=https://www.saba.ye/en/news3380654.htm |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=www.saba.ye |language=en}} On 8 October, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades targeted an IDF checkpoint at Mount Gerzim with gunfire.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, October 9, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-9-2024 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} On 11 October, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades targeted an IDF checkpoint at Qalandiya with an explosive, and fired at the Avnei Hefetz settlement near Tulkarm.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, October 11, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-11-2024 |access-date=2024-10-12 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} On 19 October, PIJ targeted a vehicle in the Mevo Dotan settlement with gunfire.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, October 20, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-20-2024 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} On the same day, a militant conducted a ramming attack against an Israeli police vehicle near the Ofra settlement, but was shot dead and did not inflict any casualties.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-20 |title=IDF thwarts terror in West Bank, arrests four Palestinians with M16s |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-825323 |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}} PIJ conducted shooting attacks targeting IDF observation posts in Mevo Dotan on 24 October and a checkpoint at the Israel–West Bank border on 25 October.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, October 25, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-25-2024 |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} A PIJ militant targeted the Shaked settlement with gunfire on 28 October.
On 1 November, PIJ militants shot at Israeli forces near the Israel–West Bank border crossing.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, November 2, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-2-2024 |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} On 6 November, a militant attacked and injured two Israelis at the Shilo settlement.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, November 6, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-november-6-2024 |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}} On 11 November, a militant conducted a car-ramming attack against two IDF soldiers at a checkpoint near Bethlehem.{{Cite web |date=11 November 2024 |title=2 hurt in ramming attack near Bethlehem |url=https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399004 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=Israel National News}} On 29 November, a Hamas militant opened fire on an Israeli bus near the Ariel settlement, injuring eight people.{{Cite web |date=29 November 2024 |title=Israeli bus attacked in West Bank, at least eight injured |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-bus-attacked-west-bank-least-eight-injured-2024-11-29/ |website=Reuters}}
On 7 December, a militant conducted a car-ramming attack near Hebron, injuring an IDF soldier and another Israeli.{{Cite web |date=8 December 2024 |title=Israeli soldier ‘severely injured’ in car-ramming attack in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-soldier-severely-injured-car-attack-west-bank |website=The New Arab}} On 11 December, a militant carried out a shooting attack against an Israeli bus in al-Khader near Bethlehem, killing one Israeli child and injuring several others.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, December 12, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-december-12-2024 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
= 2025 =
On 6 January, militants killed three Israelis near the Kedumim settlement.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-06 |title=Three Israelis killed in West Bank shooting, army pursuing suspects |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/three-israelis-killed-west-bank-shooting-army-pursuing-suspects-rcna186343 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
On 4 February, a Palestinian gunman attacked an Israeli checkpoint in the village of Tayasir, north of Tubas, killing two IDF soldiers and wounding another eight.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-04 |title=Palestinian gunman kills Israeli soldiers as UN warns over W Bank operation |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwxj8108kno |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Palestinian man, 2 Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank attack |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/4/palestinian-man-2-israeli-soldiers-killed-in-west-bank-attack |access-date=2025-02-05 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
On 8 March, militants targeted an Israeli civilian vehicle traveling near Nabi Ilyas with Molotov cocktails.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-08 |title=Terrorists pelt car with Molotov cocktails in West Bank |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-845233 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}} On 12 March, a militant shot and injured an Israeli near the Ariel settlement.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-12 |title=Terror shooting near Ariel in West Bank, one wounded |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-845798 |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en}} On 21 March, near the Dolev settlement, a militant carried out a shooting attack targeting an Israeli bus and a Magen David Adom ambulance, after which he engaged in an hours-long exchange of fire with the IDF; eventually, he was killed with a helicopter strike. The attacks resulted in several casualties.{{Cite web |last=Fabian |first=Emanuel |title=IDF names soldier killed in West Bank sniper attack; battalion chief seriously hurt |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-names-soldier-killed-in-west-bank-sniper-attack-battalion-chief-seriously-hurt/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=The Times of Israel |language=en-US}}
On 20 April, a Palestinian gunman opened fire at Israeli soldiers outside the Homesh outpost and was killed by return fire.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-20 |title=Palestinian gunman shot by IDF troops in northern Samaria |url=https://www.jns.org/palestinian-gunman-shot-by-idf-troops-in-northern-samaria/ |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=JNS |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=20 April 2025 |title=Hamas says shooting outside settlement was 'response to war crimes' |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-says-shooting-outside-settlement-was-response-war-crimes |access-date=2025-04-20 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}
Role of the Palestinian Authority
= PA conflict with militants =
{{Further|Palestinian Authority–West Bank militias conflict}}
The Palestinian Authority (PA), which is largely seen by Palestinians as ineffective and subjugated to the Israeli occupation,{{Cite web |date=2024-05-28 |title=Who Governs the Palestinians? |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/who-governs-palestinians |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=Council on Foreign Relations |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-31 |title=ثورة الضفة تعلن موت السلطة |url=https://shahed.cc/news/73541/%d8%ab%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b6%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%86-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a9 |access-date=2024-07-31 |language=ar}} has had a shared interest with Israel in suppressing militants even before the outbreak of the war.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-27 |title=The PA’s Revolving Door: A Key Policy in Security Coordination |url=https://al-shabaka.org/policy-memos/the-pas-revolving-door-a-key-policy-in-security-coordination/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Al-Shabaka |language=en-US}} Cooperation between the PA security forces and the IDF is reflected by the fact that the former have simply remained in their barracks during IDF raids{{Cite news |last1=Erlanger |first1=Steven |last2=Ponomarev |first2=Sergey |date=2024-07-01 |title=Palestinian Fighters in West Bank Seek to Emulate Hamas in Gaza |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/world/middleeast/palestinian-fighters-west-bank.html |access-date=2024-08-28 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last1=Michaelson |first1=Ruth |last2=Taha |first2=Sufian |date=2024-05-02 |title='They hide when Israelis come': Palestinians despair of leadership after killing of colonel's son |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/02/killing-of-a-boy-16-is-the-final-straw-for-palestinians-khaled-arouq |access-date=2024-09-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} and have actively interfered with militants' defenses against those raids.{{Cite web |last=Gheit |first=Abdul Rahman Aboul |date=2024-03-03 |title=آخرها ما حدث بجنين.. لماذا يصر أمن السلطة على ملاحقة المقاومة بالضفة؟ |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2024/3/3/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81-%D8%AD%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Al Jazeera |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=Pacchiani |first=Gianluca |date=15 August 2024 |title=Hamas blasts PA after its forces allegedly detonated explosive device before it could blow up IDF troops in Jenin |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hamas-blasts-pa-after-its-forces-allegedly-detonated-explosive-device-before-it-could-blow-up-idf-troops-in-jenin/ |website=The Times of Israel}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-10 |title=العلاقة بين السلطة الفلسطينية والفصائل على صفيح "يغلي".. اشتباك مسلح في جنين |url=https://www.mc-doualiya.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7/20240910-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AD-%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Mount Carlo Doualiya |language=ar}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-17 |title=أجهزة السلطة تعتدي على سكان كفر دان المنددين بتفكيك عبوات المقاومة |url=https://shahed.cc/news/75760/%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D9%81%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%83-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9 |access-date=2024-09-21 |language=ar}}
The July 2024 West Bank unrest directed against the Palestinian Authority was a major escalation in its conflict with the militants,{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=اشتباكات بين مسلحين وأجهزة أمن السلطة الفلسطينية في الضفة الغربية .. بذور حرب أهلية؟ |url=https://www.mc-doualiya.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7/20240727-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B6%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B0%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A3%D9%87%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Mount Carlo Doualiya |language=ar}} sparked by the alleged arrest attempt of "Abu Shujaa", the leader of the Tulkarm Brigade, on 26 July. Protestors and militants clashed with security forces in Tulkarm,{{Cite web |date=27 July 2024 |title=Palestinian crowd stops PA security forces' arrest of Tulkarm Battalion commander |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240727-palestinian-crowd-stops-pa-security-forces-arrest-of-tulkarm-battalion-commander/ |website=Middle East Monitor}}{{Cite web |title=شبكة قدس الإخبارية {{!}} كتيبة طولكرم تمهل السلطة الفلسطينية للإفراج عن أحد مقاوميها |url=https://nabd.com/s/140737061-53fe13/%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85-%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=Nabd |language=ar}}{{Cite web |date=29 July 2024 |title=إلقاء قنابل محلية الصنع تجاه مقر المقاطعة في طولكرم؛ بعد انتهاء مهلة كتيبة مخيم طولكرم للسلطة الفلسطينية بالإفراج عن المطارد طارق البليدي عقب اعتقاله والاستيلاء على سلاحه. |url=https://mouraselnews.com/80461 |website=Mourasel News |language=ar}} Jenin,{{Cite web |last=Adler |first=Jonathan |date=2024-08-14 |title=In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israel's war on Palestinian armed resistance is failing |url=https://www.972mag.com/jenin-tulkarem-armed-resistance-israeli-repression/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=+972 Magazine |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=26 July 2024 |title=بعد محاصرته من الأجهزة الأمنية.. أهالي طولكرم يحررون القيادي أبو شجاع |url=https://www.alaraby.com/news/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%85-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%B4%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B9 |website=Al Araby |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=Khoury |first=Jack |date=26 July 2024 |title=Palestinian Authority Fails to Arrest Top Islamic Jihad Official in West Bank |url=https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/2024-07-26/ty-article/.premium/palestinian-authority-fails-to-arrest-top-islamic-jihad-official-in-west-bank/00000190-ef74-d8b8-a59a-effe15950000 |website=Haaretz}} Bethlehem,{{Cite web |date=2024-07-27 |title=آخرهم أبو شجاع.. قصص السلطة مع مقاومين تطاردهم إسرائيل |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2024/7/27/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%b5%d9%8a%d9%84-%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%84%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%82%d8%b5%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%83-%d8%ad%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%b1 |access-date=2024-07-28 |website=Al Jazeera |language=ar}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-30 |title=اشتباكات عنيفة بين فتح بيت لحم وأمن السلطة والإقليم يهدد بالاستقالة |url=https://shahed.cc/news/73489/%d8%a7%d8%b4%d8%aa%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%83%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d9%86%d9%8a%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%ad-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%aa-%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%85-%d9%88%d8%a3%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%82%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85-%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a9 |access-date=2024-07-30 |language=ar}} Tubas, and Nablus. By August, the unrest had been "contained", according to Tulkarm officials.
The PA also launched notable operations into Tubas in October 2024{{Cite web |last=Sawafta |first=Ali |date=25 October 2024 |title=Palestinian Authority treads tightrope in West Bank crackdown on militants |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-authority-treads-tightrope-west-bank-crackdown-militants-2024-10-24/ |website=Reuters}} and into Jenin in December 2024.{{Cite news |date=2024-12-14 |title=Palestinian Authority Deploys Security Forces Against Militants in West Bank |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/world/middleeast/palestinian-authority-west-bank-israel.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241214165254/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/world/middleeast/palestinian-authority-west-bank-israel.html |archive-date=2024-12-14 |access-date=2024-12-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-12-14 |title=Jenin Brigades commander killed as PA forces raid occupied West Bank camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/14/jenin-brigades-commander-killed-as-pa-forces-raid-occupied-west-bank-camp |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} PA forces began fighting alongside Israeli forces for the first time ever during Israel's 2025 "Iron Wall" operation.{{Cite web |title=Israeli army and Palestinian Authority besiege and raid Jenin hospitals |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-army-and-palestinian-authority-besiege-and-raid-jenin-hospitals |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-04 |title=Israel’s West Bank Incursions Highlight the Dilemmas of Palestinian Politics {{!}} Crisis Group |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/east-mediterranean-mena/israelpalestine/israels-west-bank-incursions |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=International Crisis Group |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Israeli forces 'block entrances to Jenin' as deadly raid enters fourth day |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/24/israeli-forces-block-entrances-to-jenin-as-deadly-raid-enters-fourth-day |access-date=2025-01-24 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}
= Other incidents =
There has been one case during the war where there was an incident between the IDF and the Palestinian Authority, that being the shooting death of a Palestinian Authority customs officer during an IDF raid into Tubas on 24 July 2024.{{Cite web |date=24 July 2024 |title=Israel kills 3 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank|url=https://aje.io/bo0wuu?update=3066481 |website=Al Jazeera}}{{Cite web |date=24 July 2024 |title=Palestinian customs officer shot dead by Israeli forces near Tubas |url=https://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/147302 |website=WAFA Agency}}
In the aftermath of the 3 October 2024 Tulkarm Camp airstrike by Israel, Laith Jaar, an Al Jazeera journalist who was covering the bombing was assaulted by a security officer, who threatened to shoot him. Jaar was subsequently arrested and detained by the security forces,{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=Al Jazeera condemns the assault on its journalist Laith Jaar by Palestinian Security |url=https://network.aljazeera.net/en/press-releases/al-jazeera-condemns-assault-its-journalist-laith-jaar-palestinian-security |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Al Jazeera Media Network |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=Journalist groups condemn Palestinian Authority's attack on Al Jazeera journalist |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/journalist-groups-condemn-palestinian-authoritys-attack-al-jazeera?nid=398706&topic=Israel%2527s%2520war%2520on%2520Gaza&fid=532761 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}} and released a day later.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=أمن السلطة الفلسطينية يفرج عن الزميل ليث جعار |url=https://www.aljazeera.net/news/2024/10/4/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84 |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Al Jazeera |language=ar}}
On 29 October 2024, Israeli settlers carried out a shooting attack against PA security forces near the Havat Gilad settlement, injuring 2 officers; the IDF condemned the attack and began an investigation into it.{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, October 29, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-october-29-2024 |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
Imprisonment and checkpoints
{{see also| Gaza war hostage crisis }}
= Freedom of movement =
A report by B'Tselem found that the Israeli military had severely cracked down on Palestinians' freedom of movement, stating it was using "its network of checkpoints to tighten supervision, setting up dozens of new checkpoints, blocking access from dozens of villages to main roads, and revoking all permits for Palestinians to enter Israel for work or other reasons".{{cite web |title=Israel is drastically restricting movement in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, disrupting the lives of 2 million Palestinians |url=https://www.btselem.org/video/20240305_israel_drastically_restricting_movement_in_the_west_bank_since_start_of_the_gaza_war#full |website=B'tselem |access-date=8 March 2024}}
= Mass detentions =
{{Excerpt|Mass detentions in the Gaza war#Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem}}
Settler violence and depopulation of villages
= Displacement by military =
The UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs reported Israeli forces demolished residential structures in Furush Beit Dajan and Deir Ballut on 25 December.{{cite web |title=The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in the occupied Palestinian territory has said demolitions were reported this morning in Furush Beit Dajan in the West Bank and yesterday in Deir Ballut. |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/dec/26/israel-gaza-war-live-updates-hamas-palestinians-deaths-idf-strikes-un?page=with:block-658ac5878f08eff61a0b068d&filterKeyEvents=false#liveblog-navigation |website=The Guardian |access-date=26 December 2023}} The UN reported 1,094 structures had been demolished and 2,127 Palestinians have been displaced in 2023.{{cite web |title=Gaza health workers pushed to the limit amid airstrike 'carnage' |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1145077 |website=UN News |date=26 December 2023 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 December 2023}} On 27 December, UNOCHA stated that since 7 October, 1,208 people had been displaced due settler violence, 393 due to lacking Israeli building permits, 95 on punitive grounds, and 483 due to army demolitions. On 15 January 2024, Israeli forces demolished two homes in Qalqilya, rendering 14 people homeless.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli forces demolish two homes in Qalqiliya: PA official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hunger-cold-threaten-more-lives-in-gaza?update=2622879 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 January 2024}} By 15 January, the number displaced due to army demolitions had grown to more than 600.{{cite web |title=Israeli home demolitions during war displace 602 Palestinians in West Bank: UN |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hunger-cold-threaten-more-lives-in-gaza?update=2622567 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 January 2024}}
In February 2024, a Palestinian activist whose family home in East Jerusalem was destroyed by Israel stated, "Israeli authorities want to rid [Jerusalem] of Palestinians and to change the makeup of the population."{{cite web |title=Activist expresses defiance after Israel demolishes his home in occupied East Jerusalem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-afraid-to-leave-as-israel-fires-on-hospital?update=2707943 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 February 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Challands |first1=Rory |title=Palestinian activist's house demolished to pave way for 'biblical theme park' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-afraid-to-leave-as-israel-fires-on-hospital?update=2707231 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 February 2024}} A U.S. State Department spokesman said that the demolitions "damage Israel's standing in the world".{{cite web |title=US says West Bank demolitions 'damage Israel's standing in the world' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-four-dead-as-israel-hits-city-in-lebanons-south?update=2709165 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 February 2024}} One man whose home was destroyed in East Jerusalem stated he had not even been able to pack his belongings.{{cite web |last1=Nashed |first1=Mat |title=With all eyes on Gaza, Israel steps up demolitions of Palestinian homes |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/2/25/with-all-eyes-on-gaza-israel-steps-up-demolitions-of-palestinian-homes |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=27 February 2024}} On 29 February, Peace Now reported that the Israeli government had seized a large swath of land, threatening three Palestinian communities.{{cite web |title=Peace Now says Israeli government planning expansion of 'state land' in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-killing-of-children-in-slow-motion-ngo?update=2740574 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 March 2024}} UNOCHA reported that Israel had demolished the homes of 155 Palestinians in just January and February 2024.{{cite web |title=Israel demolished the homes of 155 Palestinians this year in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-killing-of-children-in-slow-motion-ngo?update=2740104 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 March 2024}} In late-March 2024, UNOCHA reported that 1,640 people had been displaced in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 7 October.{{cite web |title=About 300 homes destroyed in occupied West Bank since October 7: UN |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ceasefire-push-as-rafah-invasion-looms?update=2781769 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 March 2024}} The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission stated 25 Bedouin communities had been displaced by Israel since 7 October.{{cite web |title=Israel stepping up land seizures in occupied West Bank: CWRC |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-fears-grow-of-wider-conflict-after-deadly-strike?update=2807338 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 April 2024}}
In May 2024, around 50 Bedouin family homes were destroyed in the Negev desert.{{cite web |title=Israel destroys dozens of Bedouin homes in Negev desert |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240508-israel-destroys-dozens-of-bedouin-homes-in-negev-desert |website=France24 |date=8 May 2024 |publisher=AFP |access-date=15 May 2024}} In July 2024, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected the appeal of eleven East Jerusalem families against their evictions.{{cite web |title=Humanitarian Situation Update #192 West Bank |url=https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/humanitarian-situation-update-192-west-bank-enarhe |website=OCHA |date=17 July 2024 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=26 July 2024}} In 2024 alone, Israel seized 23.7sq km (9.15 sq miles) of Palestinian land in the West Bank, more than in the past 20 years combined.{{cite web |last1=Haddad |first1=Mohammed |title=Visualising how Israel keeps stealing Palestinian land |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/11/how-israel-keeps-stealing-palestinian-land |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 July 2024}} In August 2024, the Norwegian Refugee Council stated that 229 homes in East Jerusalem were demolished in 2023, the highest number on record.{{cite web |title=Israeli authorities demolish East Jerusalem home, entire community at risk |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/israeli-authorities-demolish-east-jerusalem-home-entire-community-risk |website=ReliefWeb |date=6 August 2024 |publisher=Norwegian Refugee Council |access-date=18 August 2024}} Some families were forced to destroy their own homes.{{cite web |title=Palestinians forced to tear down homes or pay fines |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX5enVML2PE |website=YouTube | date=14 August 2024 |publisher=Al Jazeera English |access-date=11 September 2024}}
= Displacement by settler pogroms and intimidation =
{{see also| Pogroms #MENA }}
== List of villages ==
{{incomplete list|date=June 2024}}
- Khirbet Zanuta ({{langx|ar|خربة زنوتا}}, meaning "the ruin of Zanuta") is (or was) a Palestinian Bedouin village in the Hebron Governorate in the southern West Bank, located 20 kilometers south of Hebron. That was ethnically cleansed during the 2023 Gaza war.{{cite news |last1=McKernan |first1=Bethan |title='A new Nakba': settler violence forces Palestinians out of West Bank villages |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/31/west-bank-palestinian-villages-israeli-army-settlers |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=31 October 2023}} Some farmers remained or returned and the attacks continued.{{cite news |title=Zenuta – the settlers send a drone which frightens the sheep |url=https://www.machsomwatch.org/en/reports/checkpoints/23042023/morning/74306 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=Machsomwatch |date=23 April 2023 |language=en}} The location has previously been attacked in 2022.{{cite news |title=Zenuta – settler terror |url=https://www.machsomwatch.org/en/reports/checkpoints/07022022/morning/72030 |access-date=22 June 2024 |work=Machsomwatch |date=7 February 2022 |language=en}}
- Al-Qanoub - In the Palestinian village of Al-Qanoub Israeli settlers descended from the nearby settlement of Asfar and the adjacent outpost of Pnei Kedem, burned houses, set their dogs on the farm animals, and, at gunpoint, ordered the residents to leave or else they would be killed.{{cite news |last1=Reiff |first1=Ben |title=Palestinians struggle to rebuild their lives after settler pogroms |url=https://www.972mag.com/palestinians-west-bank-settler-pogroms/ |access-date=15 June 2024 |work=+972 Magazine |date=18 January 2024 |language=en}}
- Al-Farsiya Khallet Khader – According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, 40 people were displaced, after which Israeli "settlers looted the community and stole nine tents".{{cite web |title=West Bank: Israeli settler violence triggers largest forcible transfer since October 2023 |url=https://www.nrc.no/news/2024/august/west-bank-israeli-settler-violence-triggers-largest-forcible-transfer-since-october-2023/#:~:text=The%20Norwegian%20Refugee%20Council%20(NRC)%20calls%20on%20the%20international%20community,the%20weeks%20following%207%20October. |website=Norwegian Refugee Council |access-date=9 September 2024}}
== Other settler violence ==
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Instances of Jewish settler violence against Palestinians grew following 7 October attack.{{cite web |last1=Mann |first1=Brian |title=Growing Israeli settler violence and army raids in the West Bank raise tensions |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1218386118/growing-israeli-settler-violence-and-army-raids-in-the-west-bank-raise-tensions |website=NPR |access-date=26 December 2023}} These attacks forced Palestinians to leave their homes, as part of what experts called a "systematic campaign" to remove Palestinians.{{cite web |title=Hardliners violently expel Palestinians to expand Israeli settlements in West Bank |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/hardliners-violently-expel-palestinians-to-expand-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank |website=PBS |date=21 August 2024 |access-date=24 August 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Killing |first1=Alison |title=How extremist settlers in the West Bank became the law |url=https://ig.ft.com/west-bank/ |website=Financial Times |access-date=14 October 2024|url-access=subscription}} On 11 October 2023, settlers killed a teenage boy in the back as he ran from their gunfire.{{cite news |last1=Tabrizy |first1=Nilo |title=Settlers killed a Palestinian teen. Israeli forces didn't stop it. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/01/09/israel-settler-violence-qusra-west-bank/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=31 January 2024}} The United Nations stated on 13 December eight Palestinians had been killed by settlers since 7 October.{{cite web |title=Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel Flash Update #68 |url=https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-68 |website=UNOCHA |date=13 December 2023 |access-date=26 December 2023}} Israeli settlers, even before the war, had been allowed to act with impunity with most crimes going unpunished. They have been reportedly enabled and even protected by Israeli soldiers during their attacks.{{cite web |last1=Artsy |first1=Avishay |title=Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, briefly explained |url=https://www.vox.com/politics/2023/12/2/23984104/west-bank-israel-palestine-settler-violence |website=Vox |date=2 December 2023 |access-date=26 December 2023}}{{cite news|url= https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-04-03/ty-article/.premium/settler-violence-but-goes-regularly-unpunished/0000017f-e0a4-d9aa-afff-f9fcacc10000 | title= Settler Violence Against Palestinians Is on the Rise, but Goes Regularly Unpunished =Haaretz| newspaper=Haaretz }}{{cite web |last1=Alkhaldi |first1=Celine |title=29 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers in West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinian ministry says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-10-11-23/h_23baa4c532160f0c5b8b98f1f51c646b |website=CNN |date=11 October 2023 |access-date=26 December 2023}} B'tselem called settler violence an "informal tool" of the IDF, since settlers and soldiers conduct joint operations against Palestinians.{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Yagil |title=Lines Increasingly Blurred Between Soldiers and Settlers in the West Bank |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/09/west-bank-palestinians-israeli-settlers-attacks-idf/ |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=26 December 2023}} David Ignatius, an American journalist, described the situation in the West Bank as "a pattern of Israeli domination" and abuse.{{cite news |last1=Ignatius |first1=David |title=In the West Bank, I saw how peace will require confrontation with Israel|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/12/16/west-bank-settlers-violence-peace/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=26 December 2023}} On 25 December, at least eight Palestinians were wounded in settler attacks.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli forces, settlers, attack Palestinians across West Bank |url=https://aje.io/fm3fq7?update=2579308 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 December 2023}} On 27 December, UNOCHA reported 367 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians since 7 October.{{cite web |title=Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel Flash Update #77 |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-77#:~:text=Since%207%20October%2C%20OCHA%20has,to%20property%20(46%20incidents). |website=ReliefWeb | date=27 December 2023 |publisher=UNOCHA |access-date=27 December 2023}} On 27 December, Shin Bet reported Israeli settlers were considering invoking din roder against Major General Yehuda Fox for confiscating illegal guns and arresting violent settlers.{{cite web |title=Shin Bet chief said to warn of far-right threats to top general in West Bank |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/shin-bet-chief-said-to-warn-of-far-right-threats-to-top-general-in-west-bank/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=27 December 2023}}{{cite web |title=Lapid: Threats against IDF's West Bank commander are 'another disgraceful low' |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lapid-threats-against-idfs-west-bank-commander-are-another-disgraceful-low/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=27 December 2023}}
In many cases, Israeli settlers impersonate Israeli soldiers in uniform, further confusing and intimidating Palestinians.{{cite web|url= https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/rights-group-armed-settlers-in-partial-idf-uniform-intimidate-palestinians-in-west-bank/ | title= l Rights group: Armed settlers in partial IDF uniform intimidate Palestinians in West Bank |work=Times of Israel}} Over 2,000 Palestinians have been displaced as a result of threats and violence.{{cite web|url= https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/other-mass-displacement-while-eyes-are-gaza-settlers-advance-west-bank-herders-enhe | title= The other mass displacement: while eyes are on Gaza, settlers advance on West Bank herders [EN/HE] = Reliefweb| date=November 2023 }}
On 28 December, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem reported 30 armed Israeli settlers assaulted clergy in the Armenian Quarter of East Jerusalem.{{cite web |title=Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem reports settler attack on clergy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks?update=2584639 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 December 2023}} On 5 January, Peace Now, an Israeli organization that tracks settler activities in the West Bank, reported a large surge in settler construction of roadblocks, fences, and outposts.{{cite web |title=Unprecedented 'surge' in settlement activity in occupied West Bank since October 7 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/5/israel-war-on-gaza-live-israel-attacks-bombard-khan-younis-rafah?update=2599622 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 January 2024}} On 15 January 2024, settlers committed arson, threw rocks, and vandalized property in Deir Sharaf, Qalqilia, and Turmus Ayya.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Settlers torch, vandalise property in various West Bank towns |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/15/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hunger-cold-threaten-more-lives-in-gaza?update=2622978 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 January 2024}} On 16 January, analyst Aref Daraghmeh stated settlers were using violence to take over the Jordan Valley.{{cite web |title=Settlers using fog of Gaza war to take over Jordan Valley: Expert |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-at-least-132-killed-in-gaza-in-last-24-hours?update=2625240 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 January 2024}} Israeli settlers in Nablus reportedly set fire a car showroom on 23 January.{{cite web |title=Israeli settlers set fire to car showroom near Ramallah |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/23/israels-war-on-gaza-ground-shaking-in-hospital-amid-israeli-attacks?update=2640725 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=24 January 2024}} A total of 120 settler attacks were reported in January 2024.{{cite web |title=Settlers carried out '120 attacks' in occupied West Bank in January |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/24/israels-war-on-gaza-live-14-killed-as-israel-hits-two-homes-in-jabalia?update=2645016 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 January 2024}} On 2 February, settlers reportedly wrote death threats and attempted to set a car on fire.{{cite web |title=Israeli settlers attempt to burn car near Palestinian town in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-downplays-settler-violence-in-west-bank?update=2669650 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 February 2024}} On 12 February, Yesh Din reported a settler attack on Asira al-Qibliya.{{cite web |title=Rights group reports another round of settler attacks against Palestinians |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-planning-rafah-assault-as-talks-continue?update=2703810 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=13 February 2024}}
Netta Amar Shiff, a Jewish human rights lawyer representing Palestinians in the West Bank, stated that the legal infrastructure in the occupied territories allows "settlers to do whatever they want."{{cite web |title=Real rulers in occupied territories are the settlers: Rights lawyer |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-jordans-king-urges-ceasefire-in-biden-meeting?update=2705950 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 February 2024}} On 13 February, settlers from Yitzhar shot two Palestinians and threw molotov cocktails in Asira al-Qibliya.{{cite web |title=Israeli settlers shoot two Palestinians, burn car and throw Molotov cocktails |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-jordans-king-urges-ceasefire-in-biden-meeting?update=2704105 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 February 2024}} On 17 February, two children were beaten in a settler attack in Hebron.{{cite web |title=Two Palestinian children beaten in Israeli settler attack near Hebron |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-icj-warns-of-perilous-situation-in-rafah?update=2714135 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=18 February 2024}} Peace Now stated, "Settler violence is not an isolated incident but rather a part of an organised strategy to dispossess Palestinians of their lands".{{cite web |title=Settler violence organised strategy to dispossess Palestinians: Peace Now |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-afraid-to-leave-as-israel-fires-on-hospital?update=2708069 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 February 2024}} The co-founder of Youth Against Settlements stated, "The big problem for Hebron now is that the extremist settlers have been recruited to the Israeli army units operating in the city. They now control the lives of Palestinian residents."{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title='Extremist settlers' targeting Palestinians in Hebron: Advocate |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-palestinians-fleeing-rafah-face-israeli-strikes?update=2716289 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 February 2024}} The governor of Nablus reported a 200 percent increase in settler violence.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=More than 200 percent increase in Israeli settler attacks on Nablus: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-food-trucks-surrounded-as-hunger-spreads-in-gaza?update=2718922 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 February 2024}}
File:Palestinian car set on fire by Israeli settlers April 2024.jpg
On 21 February, a settler attack was reported in Asira al-Qibliya, with the town council stating settlers threw rocks, broke a car windshield, and attempted to light a car on fire.{{cite web |title=Israeli settlers attack occupied West Bank village: Local official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-ceasefire-veto-a-new-low-as-hunger-spreads?update=2724864 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 February 2024}} Settlers assaulted two young men and stole their car.{{cite web |title=Armed Israeli settlers assault Palestinians, seize vehicle: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/24/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrwa-no-longer-functional-in-north-gaza?update=2729018 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 February 2024}} On 25 February, settlers in Jericho stormed a Bedouin community and stole their sheep.{{cite web |title=Israeli settlers storm Bedouin community in occupied West Bank: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/25/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-strikes-further-harming-aid-efforts-un?update=2731638 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=26 February 2024}} On 29 February, the mayor of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya stated, "The settlers are in the streets trying to attack [Palestinian] homes".{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=West Bank Palestinian village fears settler attacks after settlement shooting |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-killing-of-children-in-slow-motion-ngo?update=2741143 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 March 2024}} On 4 March, a Palestinian Authority official stated that settler attacks had increased following Western sanctions on violent Israeli settlers.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Attacks on Palestinians rise after sanctions imposed on Israeli settlers: PA official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-repeats-attacks-as-children-die-of-hunger?update=2748910 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 March 2024}} Ghassan Daghlas, the governor of Nablus stated that Israeli settler attacks were occurring "under the watchful eye of Israeli soldiers".{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Nablus a primary target for Israeli settlers, says governor |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/6/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-food-convoy-blocked-from-north-gaza-by-israel?update=2753963 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 March 2024}} The United Nations reported that it had recorded a "shocking" 603 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians since 7 October.{{cite web |title=Gaza: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147397 |website=UN News |date=8 March 2024 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=10 March 2024}} By April 2024, the UN-recorded number of settler attacks had risen to more than 700.{{cite web |title=Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel Flash Update #149 |url=https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-149-enarhe |website=OCHA |date=3 April 2024 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=16 April 2024}}
In April 2024, Israeli settler "rampages" against Palestinians reportedly resulted in multiple casualties, sparked by the killing of an Israeli teenager in the West Bank in, according to Israel, a suspected militant attack.{{cite web |last1=Sawafta |first1=Ali |title=Israeli forces, armed settlers kill three Palestinians in rising West Bank violence |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-teen-west-bank-military-raid-2024-04-15/ |website=Reuters |access-date=18 April 2024}} In Al-Mughayyir, the violence was described as "the worst anyone here could remember."{{cite news |last1=Loveluck |first1=Louisa |title=Homes burned, animals killed: Palestinians describe Israeli settler rampage |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/16/israel-settlers-attack-violence-palestinians/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=18 April 2024}} Human Rights Watch stated, "Settlers and soldiers have displaced entire Palestinian communities, destroying every home, with the apparent backing of higher Israeli authorities".{{cite web |title=West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/17/west-bank-israel-responsible-rising-settler-violence |website=Human Rights Watch |date=17 April 2024 |access-date=23 April 2024}} In July 2024, Israeli settlers in Bazariya reportedly set a Palestinian building supply store and bulldozer on fire.{{cite web |title=Settlers said to torch store, bulldozer in attack on northern West Bank town |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/settlers-said-to-torch-store-bulldozer-in-attack-on-northern-west-bank-town/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=21 July 2024}}
In September 2024, after an Israeli goat herder was beaten by several Palestinians near Jericho, settlers stormed a local elementary school where the assailants had reportedly fled, attacking teachers and students. The IDF arrived at the scene and detained the school principal and a teacher who were throwing stones at the attacking settlers.{{Cite news |date=2024-09-16 |title=Settlers violently enter Palestinian school near Jericho after Jewish herder attacked |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rj88larar |access-date=2024-09-21 |work=Ynetnews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=16 September 2024 |title=Israeli settlers beat Palestinians after raiding primary school |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240916-israeli-settlers-beat-palestinians-after-raiding-primary-school/ |website=Middle East Monitor}}{{Cite web |title=Iran Update, September 16, 2024 |url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-september-16-2024 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Institute for the Study of War |language=en}}
= Expanded settlements =
{{Excerpt|Israeli government response to the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel#Settler expansions}}
In March 2024 it was reported that there were promotions for West Bank property sales international with sales being hosted in the United States and Canada at local synagogues.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Brooke |date=2024-03-05 |title=West Bank settlements promoted at N. American synagogues |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/west-bank-settlements-promoted-n-american-synagogues |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=The NewArab |language=en}} On 10 March, Israeli settlers in the Jordan Valley were reportedly building illegal settlements in the Ein al-Sakout village.{{cite web |title=Israeli settlers establish new illegal outpost in occupied West Bank's Jordan Valley: Report |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/10/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-is-restricting-lifesaving-aid-unrwa?update=2762776 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=13 March 2024}} "Pastoral settlements," or the seizing of grazing lands by Israel settlers, increased following 7 October.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israel's 'pastoral' settlement on the rise since October 7: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-2000-medical-staff-starving-in-north-ministry?update=2768005 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 March 2024}} Between October 2023 and January 2024, West Bank settlers were documented having built at least 15 new outposts and 18 roads.{{cite web |title=How Israeli settlers are expanding illegal outposts amid Gaza war |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/3/19/how-israeli-settlers-are-expanding-illegal-outposts-amid-gaza-war |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 March 2024}} The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned Israeli settler attempts "to plunder and steal Palestinian land".{{cite web |title=Palestine's foreign ministry condemns Israeli attacks on Bedouin community |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unarmed-palestinians-killed-buried-by-bulldozer?update=2804514 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 April 2024}} In June 2024, the Israeli government approved five new settlements in the West Bank, according to Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich.{{cite web |last1=Shotter |first1=James |title=Israel approves legalisation of five West Bank outposts, says Bezalel Smotrich |url=https://www.ft.com/content/1632d96c-9b4d-4012-830b-1fe70c932168?shareType=nongift |website=Financial Times |access-date=4 July 2024}} The G7 condemned Israel's move to expand its West Bank settlements.{{cite web |last1=Amante |first1=Angelo|title=G7 denounces Israel's settlement expansion in West Bank |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/g7-denounces-israels-settlement-expansion-west-bank-2024-07-11/#:~:text=ROME%2C%20July%2011%20(Reuters),to%20the%20cause%20of%20peace%22. |website=Reuters |access-date=21 July 2024}}
Impacts
=Education and economics=
On 31 January 2024, a Fatah spokesman in Qalqilya stated that Israel's incursions were having economic impacts on the West Bank, stating, "Residents are suffering economically from the continuous closures, as occupation forces continue to close stores and impose a siege on the city."{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Israeli forces have killed 16 people in Qalqilya since Oct 7: Official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-severe-hunger-in-gaza-as-aid-trucks-surrounded?update=2666737 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=31 January 2024}} In May 2024, Israeli forces seized an estimated US$1 million from an exchange company.{{cite web |last1=Basravi |first1=Zein |title=More than $1m seized in Israeli raids on Palestinian exchange shops |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-displacement-as-israelis-intensify-assaults?update=2903932 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=22 May 2024}}
The Palestinian Ministry of Education reported that due to the rise in Israeli raids and settler attacks, many schools across the West Bank had been forced to cease operations.{{cite web |title=Schools forced to close in the occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/31/israels-war-on-gaza-live-severe-hunger-in-gaza-as-aid-trucks-surrounded?update=2664488 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=1 February 2024}}
=Sanctions=
On 30 January United States President Joe Biden signed an executive order which allowed the US to impose sanctions on Israeli settlers, with potential inclusion of Israeli politicians and government officials that were found to be involved with violent attack against Palestinians. Biden had earlier ordered the secretaries of state and treasury to prepare for the potential sanctions against Israeli individuals or entities that were involved in the violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.{{Cite web |last=Ravid |first=Barek |date=2 February 2024 |title=Biden issues executive order targeting Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/biden-israel-settler-violence-palestinians-executive-order |access-date=2 February 2024 |website=AXIOS}} Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich responded to Biden's order, saying it was based on "an antisemitic lie".{{cite web |last1=Sarisohn |first1=Hannah |title='Campaign of lies': Smotrich blasts Biden order against Jewish settler violence |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-784732 |website=The Jerusalem Post |date=February 2024 |access-date=2 February 2024}} Smotrich later stated, "We will not stand aside in the face of this injustice" and called for settlements to be "entrenched."{{cite web |title=Smotrich rails against US sanctions targeting West Bank settlers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-strikes-level-homes-in-deir-el-balah?update=2680575 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=Israel's Smotrich says one response to EU sanctions: 'Entrenching' settlements |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ceasefire-push-as-rafah-invasion-looms?update=2781987 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 March 2024}} Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir praised the sanctioned settlers, calling them "heroic".{{cite web |title=Ben-Gvir praises 'heroic' settlers following sanctions announcement |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/1/israels-war-on-gaza-live-death-toll-in-gaza-nears-27000-66000-wounded?update=2669449 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 February 2024}} Netanyahu criticized the sanctions and called them unnecessary.{{cite web |title=Netanyahu's dismissal of US settler sanctions misses reality in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/1/israels-war-on-gaza-live-death-toll-in-gaza-nears-27000-66000-wounded?update=2669171 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 February 2024}} Following the U.S. sanctions, online fundraisers collected hundreds of thousands for the settlers.{{cite web |last1=Frankel |first1=Julia |title=Online fundraisers for violent West Bank settlers raised thousands, despite international sanctions |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-sanctions-settlers-biden-west-bank-85cee76d68c17091d9b4d3e14f3eeb74 |website=Associated Press |date=22 February 2024 |access-date=25 February 2024}} In March 2024, the U.S. sanctioned three additional settlers and two settler outposts.{{cite web |title=US issues sanctions on Israeli settlers and outposts |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/14/israels-war-on-gaza-live-rafah-attack-coming-soon-despite-pressure?update=2772511 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2024}}
On 4 February 2024, Canadian foreign minister Melanie Joly stated that her government was preparing to issue sanctions against extremist settlers.{{cite web |title=Canada to sanction West Bank settlers: Minister |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-says-yemen-strikes-send-message-to-houthis?update=2678148 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 February 2024}} On 16 May, Canada sanctioned four West Bank settlers.{{cite web |last1=Shakil |first1=Ismail |title=Canada sanctions four Israelis over West Bank violence |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-sanctions-four-israelis-over-west-bank-violence-2024-05-16/#:~:text=OTTAWA%2C%20May%2016%20(Reuters),deter%20settler%20violence%20against%20Palestinians. |website=Reuters |access-date=22 May 2024}} On 27 June 2024, Canada sanctioned another seven settlers.{{cite web |last1=Ljunggren |first1=David |title=Canada sanctions seven Israelis, five entities over West Bank violence |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/canada-sanctions-seven-israelis-five-entities-over-west-bank-violence-2024-06-27/#:~:text=Canada%20sanctions%20seven%20Israelis%2C%20five%20entities%20over%20West%20Bank%20violence,-By%20Reuters&text=OTTAWA%2C%20June%2027%20(Reuters),has%20taken%20such%20a%20step. |website=Reuters |access-date=6 July 2024}} The UK also issued sanctions on the four settlers and a second round of sanctions in May 2024.{{cite web |title=UK sanctions on four illegal Israeli settlers 'long overdue': Palestinian ambassador |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-planning-rafah-assault-as-talks-continue?update=2703149 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=UK Announces New Sanctions Against West Bank 'Extremists' |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/uk-announces-new-sanctions-against-west-bank-extremists-4bb059f2 |website=Barron's |publisher=Agence France Presse |access-date=9 May 2024}} On 13 February, France stated that it was imposing sanctions on 28 settlers who have used violence against Palestinians in the West Bank.{{cite web |title=France to impose sanctions on 28 Israeli settlers in West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-jordans-king-urges-ceasefire-in-biden-meeting?update=2705153 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 February 2024}} Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said that Spain would implement settler sanctions if the European Union does not come to an agreement.{{cite web |title=Spain plans to place sanctions on 'violent' Israeli settlers if no EU deal |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-food-trucks-surrounded-as-hunger-spreads-in-gaza?update=2718125 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 February 2024}} Spain later announced sanctions on twelve violent Israeli settlers.{{cite web |title=Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomes Spain decision to impose sanctions on far-right settlers |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-attacks-on-aid-seekers-continue?update=2749879 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=8 March 2024}} On 18 March, the EU unanimously agreed to sanction violent Israeli settlers.{{cite web |title=EU agrees in principle to impose sanctions on violent West Bank settlers |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/eu-agrees-in-principle-to-impose-sanctions-on-violent-west-bank-settlers/ |website=The Times of Israel |publisher=Reuters |access-date=20 March 2024}}
In July 2024, the U.S. announced sanctions against three Israeli individuals, four settler outposts, and a violent extremist organization in the West Bank.{{cite web |last1=Hansler |first1=Jennifer |title=US sanctions Israeli extremist organization tied to violence in the West Bank |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/11/politics/us-sanctions-israeli-violent-extremist-organization-tied-to-violence-in-the-west-bank/index.html |website=CNN |date=11 July 2024 |access-date=21 July 2024}} Soon after, the EU announced sanctions on five Israeli individuals and three for "serious and systematic human rights abuses".{{cite web |last1=Lipinski |first1=Piotr |last2=Scheer |first2=Steven |title=EU imposes sanctions on five Israeli individuals and three entities |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-imposes-sanctions-five-israeli-individuals-three-entities-2024-07-15/#:~:text=July%2015%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20The,West%20Bank%20and%20East%20Jerusalem. |website=Reuters |access-date=24 July 2024}}
=Investigations=
Following the killing of a Palestinian child in East Jerusalem by an Israeli police, the killer was interrogated, leading National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to call the questioning "outrageous" and "disgraceful".{{cite web |last1=Sharon |first1=Jeremy |title=Ben Gvir protests 'disgrace' as officer probed for shooting Palestinian teen |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ben-gvir-protests-disgrace-as-officer-probed-for-shooting-palestinian-teen/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=16 March 2024}} In response, Israel's attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara stated, "Criminal investigations, including those of police officers, are conducted with complete independence. Any intervention by you, directly or indirectly, violates the law... this should be stopped immediately".{{cite web |title=Israel's attorney general warns Ben-Gvir against 'illegal interference' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-in-rafah?update=2770166 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2024}}
War crimes
{{excerpt|War crimes in the Gaza war#West Bank}}
On 13 March, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the killing of six civilians, including children, in one day, stating, "These are war crimes and crimes against humanity according to international law".{{cite web |title=Palestinians denounce Israeli executions in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-in-rafah?update=2769804 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=16 March 2024}} Belgian Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib, stated, "Colonization and the increasing violence perpetrated by settlers in the West Bank are illegal. They must stop".{{cite web |title=Belgian foreign minister slams 'colonisation' in visit to Palestinian territories |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unarmed-palestinians-killed-buried-by-bulldozer?update=2804300 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 April 2024}} In May 2024, Human Rights Watch stated, "Israeli security forces... have been killing Palestinians without a legal basis in the West Bank, including deliberately executing Palestinians who posed no apparent threat".{{cite web |title=West Bank: Israeli Forces' Unlawful Killings of Palestinians |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/05/08/west-bank-israeli-forces-unlawful-killings-palestinians |website=Human Rights Watch |date=8 May 2024 |access-date=14 May 2024}}
= Triple assassination in a hospital =
Israeli forces disguised as medical staff and civilians have shot dead three Palestinians inside a hospital in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. Hospital says the men were ‘assassinated’. Israel says they belonged to a ‘Hamas terrorist cell’.{{cite web | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/30/israel-troops-kill-three-palestinians-in-west-bank-hospital-ministry | title=Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank hospital raid }} The BBC called them "members of Palestinian armed groups".{{cite news |title=Israeli forces kill three Palestinian fighters in West Bank hospital raid |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68137050 |access-date=24 June 2024 |date=30 January 2024}} But, even if they are militants, it is a war crime to gadget them when wounded, and a war crime to impersonate doctors in the process.{{cite web |title=Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field. Geneva, 12 August 1949. Commentary of 2016 Article 12 – Protection and care of the wounded and sick. |url=https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gci-1949/article-12/commentary/2016 | website=ihl-databases.icrc.org |publisher=ICRC |access-date=24 June 2024}} According to UN experts, the killing of three Palestinian men in a hospital in the occupied West Bank by Israeli commandos disguised as medical workers and Muslim women may amount to war crimes.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/undercover-israeli-killings-west-bank-hospital-may-be-war-crimes-un-experts-2024-02-09/ | title=Undercover Israeli killings in West Bank hospital may be war crimes: UN experts | work=Reuters | date=2024-02-09 }}
= Abuse of ambulance =
The Israeli military has admitted that on 19 December 2024, its troops used an ambulance or a vehicle disguised as an ambulance and displaying Palestinian license plates to carry out a surprise operation against alleged militants in the city of Nablus. The operation failed and no militants were captured or shot; however, Israeli soldiers who jumped from the ambulance and a nearby white van were filmed executing two civilians, a 25-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman, who was standing on the street talking to her neighbor. The elderly woman was shot and, after falling to the ground and raising her hand to ask for help, was shot again and died at the scene.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/suddenly-there-was-a-car-of-men-the-day-israeli-soldiers-attacked-a-refugee-camp | title=Israel admits soldiers used ambulance in raid on refugee camp
| date=14 January 2025 | access-date=17 January 2025| website=The Guardian }} "Israel is no longer trying to hide its war crimes and is acting as though the norms and rules of international law do not apply,’’ declared B’Tselem.
Reactions
=Palestinian=
On 28 December, Mustafa Barghouti, the general-secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, stated Israel's raids across the West Bank were part of a plan to reoccupy the territory completely.{{cite web |title=Israeli raids aim to fully 'reoccupy' the West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks?update=2584491 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 December 2023}} Residents of the West Bank were reportedly frustrated by the lack of international coverage of the incursions in the territory, stating it allowed the IDF "to operate with almost impunity".{{cite web |last1=Khan |first1=Imran |title=Frustration as raids by Israeli forces on occupied West Bank ignored by int'l media |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks?update=2583647 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 December 2023}} Mohammad Shtayyeh, the Palestinian prime minister, stated Israel's financial pressure on the West Bank was an attempt to drive it from Gaza, and that "things might explode in the West Bank" if the worsening conditions were not addressed.{{cite web |last1=Ivanova |first1=Polina |title=Israel is pushing Palestinian governance to 'edge of the edge', PM warns |url=https://www.ft.com/content/dc9a9d80-7b71-4ece-b9c7-68ef968daf3b?shareType=nongift |website=Financial Times |access-date=7 January 2024}} On 9 January, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry warned Israel military actions and settler violence were threatening to "push the West Bank into an uncontrollable cycle of violence".{{cite web |title=Israeli attacks in West Bank leading to 'imminent explosion': Ministry |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/9/israel-war-on-gaza-blinken-arrives-in-israel-as-fighting-continues?update=2607187 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 January 2024}} Journalist Mohammed Jamjoom stated violent raids were "part of the fabric of daily life", with an average of 40 raids per day.{{cite web |last1=Jamjoom |first1=Mohammed |title=Violent military raids becoming part of fabric of daily life in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-un-fears-mass-transfer-of-palestinians-from-gaza?update=2616503 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 January 2024}}
On 16 January, Israel released the body of a toddler killed by Israeli soldiers nine days prior, leading the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to state, "What did they do with the body? Why did they keep it? Do they have the right to do so? And will they apologise to the child's family?"{{cite web |title=Israel releases body of toddler killed by soldiers nine days ago |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-at-least-132-killed-in-gaza-in-last-24-hours?update=2625219 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 January 2024}} Palestinians in the West Bank stated the Israeli army regularly used bulldozers to destroy roads and infrastructure, describing the process as a form of collective punishment.{{cite web |last1=Jamjoom |first1=Mohammed |title=Familiar 'trail of devastation' after latest occupied West Bank raids |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-at-least-132-killed-in-gaza-in-last-24-hours?update=2623486 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 January 2024}} Residents stated they believed Israel was attempting to turn them against the local resistance fighters.{{cite web |title=More on Israeli attack on Balata refugee camp |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-brutality-of-gaza-crisis-unprecedented-un?update=2626640 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=18 January 2024}}
Following the International Court of Justice's issuance of provisional measures in the South Africa v. Israel case, residents of the West Bank expressed disappointment it did not call for an immediate ceasefire, and expressed fear "the ruling in The Hague means Israeli army and settler violence in the occupied West Bank could get even worse".{{cite web |title=Muted reaction to ICJ ruling in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/27/israels-war-on-gaza-live-hospital-blackout-amid-khan-younis-assault?update=2652235 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 January 2024}} On 4 February, an advocate at Al-Haq stated, "The international community has given Israel [the green light] to do as it wishes without any form of accountability."{{cite web |title=Illegal Israeli settlers see opportunity in Gaza: Human rights advocate |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/4/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-says-yemen-strikes-send-message-to-houthis?update=2677705 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=5 February 2024}} Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh stated, "We are not very far from an explosion".{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Roger |title='We Are Not Very Far From an Explosion' |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/magazine/west-bank-palestinians-settlers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.T00.Z7_5.BTl_G18pjXrg&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb |access-date=19 February 2024}}
West Bank residents reported feeling they were being "forced into islands".{{cite web |last1=Hollingsworth |first1=Dylan |title=Voices from the West Bank: 'They're forcing us into islands' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/2/6/voices-from-the-occupied-west-bank-theyre-forcing-us-into-islands |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=7 February 2024}} Nidal Naghnaghiyeh, a local official in the Jenin camp, stated that Israeli forces had a "systemic policy of killing young men" in Jenin.{{cite web |last1=Nobani |first1=Ayman |title=Local official says Israel targets Jenin because it inspires Palestinians |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-gaza-has-become-a-death-zone-says-who-chief?update=2726928 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=23 February 2024}} The Palestinian Foreign Ministry stated Israeli checkpoints had turned the West Bank into a prison where Israeli forces and settlers could do whatever they want.{{cite web |title=West Bank raids 'test of international community's credibility': Palestine foreign ministry |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/30/israels-war-on-gaza-live-fears-grow-of-wider-conflict-after-deadly-strike?update=2807924 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 April 2024}} In a joint statement in April 2024, Al-Haq, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights stated, "Violent Israeli military and settler attacks have been escalating in intensity and scale".{{cite web |title=Israeli military and settler attacks 'escalating in intensity and scale': Rights groups |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-vows-response-to-iran?update=2841045 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=18 April 2024}}
=Israeli=
A report by Yesh Din noted a rise in settler violence in the West Bank since 7 October but that Israeli law enforcement had not filed a single indictment.{{cite web |title=Yesh Din identifies escalation of settler violence under cover of Gaza war |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/3/israel-hamas-war-live-hezbollah-vows-revenge-for-israeli-strike-on-beirut?update=2595679 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=4 January 2024}} The Israeli military described the situation in the West Bank as "spiraling out of control".{{cite web |last1=Salhut |first1=Hamdah |title=Israel redeploys elite unit from Gaza to West Bank, situation 'spiralling' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/16/israels-war-on-gaza-live-at-least-132-killed-in-gaza-in-last-24-hours?update=2623356 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=17 January 2024}} B'Tselem stated that Israel was operating in the West Bank with an "open-fire" policy.{{cite web |title=Israel continues its lethal open-fire policy in the West Bank: B'Tselem |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/5/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-strikes-level-homes-in-deir-el-balah?update=2680249 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=6 February 2024}} Israeli activists sought to prevent what they termed an unfolding ethnic cleansing in the West Bank.{{cite news |last1=Mashiach |first1=Itay |title=Meet the Israelis Who Are Trying to Physically Block the Ethnic Cleansing Unfolding in the West Bank |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-02-02/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/meet-the-israelis-physically-blocking-the-ethnic-cleansing-unfolding-in-the-west-bank/0000018d-6609-d37c-a9df-ef8b77200000 |website=Haaretz |access-date=19 February 2024}} Mistaclim, a group of Israeli activists, described settler violence as "Jewish terrorism".{{cite web |title='We must admit that this is Jewish terrorism': Israeli group on settler violence |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/24/israels-war-on-gaza-live-unrwa-no-longer-functional-in-north-gaza?update=2730097 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=25 February 2024}} In May 2024, Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich addressed residents of the West Bank, stating, "We will turn you into ruins like in the Gaza Strip".{{cite web |last1=Karanth |first1=Santana |title=Far-Right Israeli Minister Threatens To Turn West Bank 'Into Ruins' Amid More Violence |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/far-israeli-minister-threatens-turn-003606208.html |website=Yahoo! News |date=31 May 2024 |access-date=8 June 2024}} Outgoing General Yehuda Fox criticized Israeli settler violence in July 2024, stating, "This is not Judaism in my eyes. At least not the one I grew up with in my father and mother’s house. This is not the way of the Torah."{{cite web |title=Outgoing Israeli general condemns settler violence in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/9/outgoing-israeli-general-condemns-settler-violence-in-occupied-west-bank |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 July 2024}}
= International organizations =
Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated he was troubled by the use of military tactics, disproportionate force, and restrictions of movement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.{{cite web |title='End unlawful killings' in occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem: UN tells Israel |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks?update=2584116 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=28 December 2023}} A United Nations official stated a lack of accountability and "egging on from Israeli officials" was leading to a rise in settler violence.{{cite web |title='Emboldened' Israeli settlers in West Bank increasingly attacking in groups: UN official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/28/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-palestinians-in-central-gaza-attacks?update=2584751 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 December 2023}} Micheál Martin, the Irish deputy prime minister, stated what was happening in the West Bank was "shocking" and a violation of international humanitarian law.{{cite web |title=Irish deputy PM calls for tougher measures to tackle Israeli settler violence in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/29/israel-hamas-war-live-israel-kills-at-least-20-in-attack-on-rafah?update=2585317 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=29 December 2023}} On 18 January, OHCHR called for an independent probe into the growing number of "unlawful" killings in the West Bank.{{cite web |title=UN calls for independent probe of Israel's killings of Palestinians in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-medicine-arrives-for-captives-palestinians?update=2628852 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 January 2024}} On 19 January, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini warned the West Bank was witnessing its highest levels of violence in "a tragic cycle of pain and suffering".{{cite web |title=Highest levels of violence in occupied West Bank: UN official |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/19/israels-war-on-gaza-live-us-support-for-israel-ironclad-despite-rebuff?update=2634203 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=20 January 2024}} Mustafa Barghouti stated on 20 January that Israeli settlers' aim was ethnic cleansing.{{cite web |title=Settler attacks seek to ethnically cleanse Gaza and occupied West Bank: Palestinian politician |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-denied-70-of-aid-to-north-gaza-says-un?update=2636150 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 January 2024}} Al-Baidar Organisation for Defending Bedouin Rights, a Bedouin civil rights group, stated their communities were being subjected to ethnic cleansing and forced displacement by Israeli soldiers and settlers.{{cite web |title=Israeli army, settlers commit 1,124 attacks against Palestinian Bedouin communities |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/20/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-denied-70-of-aid-to-north-gaza-says-un?update=2635559 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=21 January 2024}} UNICEF reported on 28 January that children were living in "constant fear and grief".{{cite web |title=UNICEF: West Bank children living in 'constant fear and grief' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/28/israels-war-on-gaza-live-aid-cuts-are-collective-punishment-unrwa?update=2654808 |access-date=29 January 2024 |website=Al Jazeera}}
In June 2024, Volker Türk stated, "It is unfathomable that so many lives have been taken in such a wanton fashion."{{cite web |last1=Larson |first1=Nina |title=UN Decries 'Unfathomable' Killings In West Bank Since October 7 |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/un-decries-unfathomable-numbers-killed-in-west-bank-since-october-7-db2f1a78# |website=Barron's |access-date=14 June 2024}} Later the same month, Türk stated, "The situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is dramatically deteriorating".{{cite web |last1=Tétrault-Farber |first1=Gabrielle |title=UN human rights chief: situation in West Bank 'drastically deteriorating' |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-human-rights-chief-situation-west-bank-drastically-deteriorating-2024-06-18/#:~:text=UN%20human%20rights%20chief%3A%20situation%20in%20West%20Bank%20'drastically%20deteriorating',-By%20Reuters&text=GENEVA%2C%20June%2018%20(Reuters),the%20Gaza%20Strip%2C%20the%20U.N. |website=Reuters |access-date=26 June 2024}}
On 2 September 2024, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, warned that "Israel's genocidal violence risks leaking out of Gaza and into the occupied Palestinian territory as a whole." She urged the international community, "made of both states and non-state actors, including companies and financial institutions", to "do everything it can to immediately end the risk of genocide against the Palestinian people under Israel’s occupation, ensure accountability and ultimately end Israel’s colonisation of Palestinian territory."Apartheid Israel is targeting Gaza and the West Bank simultaneously, says expert, 2 September 2024, https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/09/apartheid-israel-targeting-gaza-and-west-bank-simultaneously-says-expert
= International =
German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock stated Israel had a responsibility to protect Palestinians in the West Bank.{{cite web |title=Israel has the duty to protect Palestinians in occupied West Bank: Germany |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/8/israel-war-on-gaza-world-must-look-says-wael-dahdouh-as-son-killed?update=2604292 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=9 January 2024}} Melani Cammett, an American political scientist, stated on 18 January that the intensification of fighting in the West Bank indicated the war "is nowhere near over".{{cite web |title=Gaza war spillover into West Bank suggests conflict 'nowhere near over' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-medicine-arrives-for-captives-palestinians?update=2630268 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 January 2024}} On 18 January, Australian foreign minister Penny Wong visited the occupied West Bank, stating, "Australia is deeply concerned by ongoing settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank".{{cite web |title=Australian foreign minister 'concerned' by settler violence in West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-medicine-arrives-for-captives-palestinians?update=2628875 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=19 January 2024}} On 1 March, USAID director Samantha Power stated, "Repeated attacks by extremist Israeli settlers... sent shock waves of fear. This violence is intolerable and must stop."{{cite web |title=Chief of US government's top aid agency: Israeli settler violence 'must stop' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/1/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-shooting-of-aid-seekers-condemned-globally?update=2743604 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=3 March 2024}} On 12 March, the Government of Jordan condemned the killing of two of their citizens in the West Bank, stating a young man had been "injured in the leg and the occupation forces left him bleeding inside the ambulance for more than an hour and a half before he died".{{cite web |title=Jordan condemns killing of two citizens in occupied West Bank |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/12/israels-war-on-gaza-live-2000-medical-staff-starving-in-north-ministry?update=2768320 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=14 March 2024}}
See also
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- [https://www.npr.org/2023/10/30/1209308436/west-bank-israel-jenin-palestinians-killed-raids-airstrike-mosque In the West Bank city of Jenin, Israeli raids and strikes leave Palestinians wary] (30 October 2023), per NPR
- [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-22/aftermath-of-israeli-air-strike-on-west-bank-mosque/103007368 Al-Ansar mosque destroyed in airstrike] (22 October 2023), per ABC News
- [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-palestinian-children-west-bank-1.7062531 Killings of Palestinian children are soaring in the West Bank. Advocates say it happens with impunity] (20 December 2023), per Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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