Israel has called up three reserve battalions for operations in the West Bank. It is also intended to support the Israeli army’s central command responsible for the West Bank, the Israeli military said.
The background may be that Israel is worried that the situation in the West Bank could also get worse. Israel accuses Iran of supporting militant groups in the West Bank in addition to Hezbollah in Lebanon.
The already tense situation in the Palestinian territories has become much worse since the Hamas massacre on October 7 2023 and the Gaza war which resulted in many civilian casualties on the Palestinian side. Since then, more than 680 Palestinians have been killed there in Israeli military operations, armed clashes and attacks by extremists, according to the Health Ministry in Ramallah.
