The Israeli security establishment said that in recent days, it has been preparing to launch a large-scale operation in the West Bank area, following a series of dangerous operations and warnings, saying: “We are preparing to increase the pace in order to eliminate the armed groups that endanger Israelis.” According to a statement to Channel 12 Hebrew: “After a very violent period in which the operations escalated throughout the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, and also extended into Israel, senior officials in the Israeli security establishment say that they are preparing for a major change.
The officials added, according to Sada’s translation: “The West Bank is a source of great concern for us, we are preparing to increase the pace in this area and perhaps significantly in order to eliminate the terrorism that endangers the citizens of Israel,” according to their expression.
Channel 14 Hebrew reported: “As part of the IDF’s preparations, an offensive brigade force will join the West Bank in the coming days, in order to increase the operations of our forces to thwart operations against various elements in the area, where the air and ground forces will be present in the area, along with accurate and high-quality intelligence information, with the aim of crushing the areas of the militants in the West Bank, as they have not done for many years.”
The head of the Beit El settlement council, Shai Alon, said, according to Sada News’ translation, “We congratulate the army forces on their determination to intensify their activities against the armed organizations that are increasingly establishing themselves in the West Bank as a main arena, and we call on them To crown the city centers and carry out the “deforestation of Hametz” operations, they will enter with all their might, go from house to house, remove everything and remove the entire threat.”
Alon added: “The current reality forces us to launch a large-scale operation, which we demanded even before the war began, and this is correct and necessary even now.
The new Israel after 10/7 cannot continue with the policy of totalitarianism and buying tense silence.
Otherwise, the catastrophe in Tel Aviv will strike us again and a tragic national revolution will occur.
In order for this not to happen to us, we must first and foremost understand how dangerous the current situation is, and secondly, act more forcefully against smuggling on the Jordanian border and the collection of weapons in the West Bank.”
