There has been a massive increase in settler attacks in the occupied West Bank since last October, when Israel’s war on Gaza started, according to Yara Hawari of Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network.

“Every day, there are several settler attacks, which have resulted in dozens of Palestinians being killed, hundreds of injuries and destruction of properties,” she said, Al Jazeera reported. 

“This is emboldened by the genocide in Gaza, where we have seen the Israeli regime commit horrific acts of violence. Obviously, they have not faced any kind of consequences for that. Worse than that, the Israeli government also actively encouraged them [settlers] more than ever before for them to attack Palestinians,” Hawari said.

She reminded that the Israeli government distributed hundreds of firearms to Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.