The Israeli military on Wednesday announced a new “counterterrorism” operation in the north of the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
The military and internal security service said in a joint statement that they “began operating as part of a broad counterterrorism operation in the area of northern Samaria”, using the Israeli biblical term for part of the West Bank.<\/p>\n
In response to a question from AFP, the Israeli army said the operation was new and not part of its counterterrorism operation launched in January 2025, which primarily targets Palestinian refugee camps.<\/p>\n
Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has soared since the Hamas attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war in October 2023.<\/p>\n
It has not ceased despite the fragile truce in effect in Gaza since October 10.<\/p>\n
Israeli troops or settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians — many of them militants, but also scores of civilians — in the West Bank since the start of the war, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry figures.<\/p>\n
At least 44 Israelis, including both soldiers and civilians, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or Israeli military operations, according to official Israeli figures.<\/p>\n
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