Netanyahu orders intensified operations in West Bank — Anadolu Agency
On September 20, in the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River in Palestine, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered intensified military operations. As Anadolu Agency reports, the decision was made after an attack near the illegal settlement of Neve Tzuf, also known as Halamish, northwest of Ramallah. A settler was killed in the attack.
Different accounts of the attack
In the Anadolu Agency report, the attack was initially described as a shooting. At the same time, the Israeli army said it had detained a Palestinian suspected of carrying out a vehicle ramming that resulted in the settler's death. Thus, the report provides different descriptions of the nature of the attack.
Intensification of operations
Netanyahu said that Israeli forces would pursue everyone involved in attacks on Israelis. He mentioned Gaza, Lebanon, and Judea and Samaria — a biblical name used in Israel for the occupied West Bank.
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The Israeli prime minister instructed the army and the Shin Bet internal security service to deploy additional forces throughout the West Bank, impose closures, conduct offensive operations and detentions. He also ordered the immediate start of the demolition of the house of the Palestinian suspected of the attack.
According to the agency, since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, the Israeli army and settlers have intensified attacks on Palestinians and their property in the occupied West Bank. The actions mentioned in the report include killings, detentions, house demolitions, and the expansion of illegal settlements.
