"The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a joint operation involving Shin Bet, Israel's internal security agency, and the Israel Border Police had begun "in the area of northern Samaria," using the Israeli biblical term for part of the West Bank. "IDF and ISA forces will not allow terrorism to take root in the area and are acting proactively to thwart it," the IDF said in a statement on X."
"The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli settlers or military forces since October 7, 2023. The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) this month said that Israeli settlers were responsible for at least 264 attacks on Palestinians and their property during the month of October, making it the worst month for settler violence since the UN began recording such attacks in 2006."
The IDF launched a joint counterterrorism operation in northern Samaria involving Shin Bet and the Israel Border Police. Violence in the occupied West Bank escalated markedly after the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent Gaza war. Over 500,000 Israelis live in settlements across the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, and those settlements are considered illegal under international law. The Palestinian Health Ministry reports at least 1,000 Palestinian deaths in clashes with settlers or military forces since October 7, 2023. OCHA recorded at least 264 settler attacks in October, the worst month since 2006. Perpetrators of settler violence are rarely prosecuted, and Israeli figures report 43 Israeli fatalities in the West Bank.
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