[News] Eruption looms in West Bank amid escalating Israeli violence
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Eruption looms in West Bank amid escalating Israeli violence
Al Mayadeen English
November 11, 2025
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Israeli media reports growing instability in the West Bank as resistance
groups reorganize, settler violence rises, and the occupation's army
shifts strategy.
* Israeli media warns of looming West Bank explosion amid escalations
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Palestinian women mourn over the body of Jamil Hanani, 17, who,
according to health authorities, was killed after being shot in the
chest during an Israeli raid, at his funeral in the West Bank
village of Beit Furik, on November 3, 2025. /(AP/ Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Israeli media outlets have reported a significant shift in the
occupation army's approach to the West Bank, with military analysts
warning that the region is nearing a full-scale escalation
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-settler-attacks-in-west-bank-hit-record-monthly-high>
due to mounting instability.
According to a military analyst cited by the /Zaman/ /Israel/ website,
the occupation army has changed its operational tactics in the West
Bank, launching what has been described as a "quiet battle of
containment and deterrence" against Resistance groups.
The report highlights that these Resistance groups are reorganizing
their ranks and have begun revealing local missile manufacturing
laboratories, posing a growing challenge to the occupation’s control of
the area. The shift in military posture reflects deepening concern
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--kills-young-palestinian-man-in-latest-west-bank-rai>
over the current trajectory of events in the West Bank, while the
occupation army reportedly considers the situation volatile and
increasingly difficult to manage.
The military analyst noted that deteriorating conditions on the ground,
including a collapsing Palestinian economy
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/Economy/-israel-s--policies-drive-west-bank-economy-toward-collapse>,
weakened civil infrastructure, and fragile security coordination, are
pushing the region closer to renewed confrontation.
In particular, the analyst pointed to escalating settler violence, which
has exacerbated tensions across towns and refugee camps in the occupied
West Bank. These developments, combined with the rise of organized armed
resistance and declining trust in the political process, have made the
situation "on the verge of exploding."
The analysis from /Zaman Israel /underscores the growing view within
"Israel" that the West Bank is entering a new phase of prolonged and
unpredictable confrontation.
What's happening in the West Bank?
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission against the Wall and Settlements
reported on November 5 that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settlers
carried out a total of 2,350 attacks
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/over-2-300-israeli-settler--iof-attacks-targeted-w--bank-in>
in the occupied West Bank during October, continuing a relentless
campaign of violence against Palestinians, their land, and property.
According to Mu’ayyad Sha’ban, head of the commission, 1,584 of the
attacks were committed by occupation forces, while settlers were
responsible for 766 attacks. The report revealed that the attacks were
heaviest in the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh (542), Nablus
(412), and al-Khalil (401), indicating a concentrated effort to disrupt
Palestinian life in key areas of the occupied territory.
The violence has coincided with the annual olive harvest season, a time
when attacks historically spike. The commission documented incidents
including direct physical assaults, the uprooting and burning of olive
trees, obstruction of access to agricultural land, and the seizure of
property.
Since the beginning of October last month, Israeli occupation forces
have escalated their raids and attacks in the occupied West Bank,
detaining Palestinians and killing others, while also triggering a
fragile economic structure.
Military raids, detainments
Israeli occupation forces have carried out extensive incursions into
Palestinian towns and refugee camps across the West Bank since the
beginning of October, as part of a campaign to expand illegal
settlements. Simultaneously, settlers, in the company of Israeli troops,
continued their assaults on Palestinian farmland, uprooting hundreds of
olive trees.
According to Palestinian prisoners' institutions, the IOF detained 442
Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank, including al-Quds,
during October 2025. Among those detained were three women and 33 children.
In a joint statement, the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees
Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, and Addameer Prisoner
Support and Human Rights Association said that most detentions took
place in the Beit Lahm governorate. The raids were accompanied by
widespread field interrogations in various parts of the West Bank, in
addition to assaults by Israeli colonists that contributed to the
increase in detentions in several towns.
Additionally, a UN report revealed on November 8 that Israeli settlers
carried out at least 264 attacks against Palestinians
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-settler-attacks-in-west-bank-hit-record-monthly-high> in
the occupied West Bank during October, marking the highest monthly total
since the United Nations began tracking such violations in 2006.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned
that the surge in settler violence has resulted in casualties and
significant property damage, averaging approximately eight attacks per
day. "Since 2006, OCHA has documented over 9,600 such attacks. About
1,500 of them took place just this year, roughly 15 per cent of the
total," the UN said in a statement.
It is worth adding that the West Bank, home to 2.7 million Palestinians,
remains central to aspirations for a future Palestinian state. However,
successive Israeli governments have accelerated settlement expansion.
IOF begin military drills in the West Bank
On that note, the Israeli occupation army announced the launch of
extensive military maneuvers on Monday morning across the West Bank and
the Palestinian Jordan Valley
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-begins-military-drills-in-west-bank--palestinian-jordan>,
near the border with Jordan.
In an official statement, the occupation army confirmed that the
exercises will involve the intensive movement of forces and military
vehicles throughout the designated operational areas. Israeli media
reported that the maneuvers are intended to simulate a range of
scenarios, with a particular focus on "providing protection for Israeli
settlements and dealing with any attack that may target them."
The military exercises will contribute to heightened activity in areas
bordering Jordan, particularly in the Palestinian Jordan Valley, and are
part of the occupation's ongoing efforts to reinforce its military
occupation of the West Bank and surrounding areas under the pretext of
"security".
Deteriorating economic situation
The already dire economic situation in the West Bank began deteriorating
since the beginning of the war on Gaza in October 2023, marking a 30%
unemployment rate
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/Economy/-israel-s--policies-drive-west-bank-economy-toward-collapse>,
up from 12.9% before the war. This dramatic spike in unemployment
reflects the loss of access to Israeli labor markets, which previously
employed tens of thousands of Palestinians. A survey by the
International Labour Organization found that in the first year of the
war, more than half of employees had their hours cut, over 60% saw wage
reductions, and 65% of businesses downsized.
Israeli restrictions have further compounded the fiscal crisis in the
West Bank
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/after-gaza--how--israel--is-choking-the-economy-in-the-west>,
especially through the withholding of billions in Palestinian tax
revenues since 2019. After October 2023, additional freezes on public
funds made it nearly impossible for the Palestinian Authority (PA) to
pay salaries in full, with most employees now receiving only partial
payments funded by bank loans. Public debt surged to over $13 billion,
while financial links with Israeli banks are being severed, threatening
to force Palestinians into a cash economy and disrupt essential trade
and imports.
Liquidity shortages have become severe as surplus Israeli shekels
accumulate and exchange offices are regularly raided. This not only
disrupts the circulation of vital currencies like US dollars and
Jordanian dinars, but also undermines daily transactions and trade
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/Economy/-israel-s--policies-drive-west-bank-economy-toward-collapse>.
Experts argue that these economic interventions are intended to pressure
Palestinians toward migration, with no technical reform able to resolve
the crisis without a political solution, namely, an end to occupation,
the reopening of trade routes, and true sovereignty for Palestine.
Olive trees uprooted
Israeli settlers have also repeatedly targeted Palestinian olive groves
in the West Bank
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-raids--detentions--and-olive-tree-destruction-sweep>,
uprooting and destroying thousands of trees, especially during the
annual olive harvest season. Reports document that in October 2025
alone, settlers accompanied by Israeli forces uprooted approximately 150
olive trees in Masafer Yatta and more than 120 near Ramallah, disrupting
local agriculture and threatening communities reliant on this vital
crop. These attacks are strategically timed and often involve not just
tree destruction but the imposition of movement restrictions, making it
exceedingly difficult for farmers to reach their land without special
“entry permits,” further entrenching the region’s apartheid reality.
Further details reveal that settler violence has intensified in recent
years. A report shows how armed settlers, sometimes with military
support, burn groves, loot fruit, and even attack harvesters directly
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-they-want-all-palestine---palestinian-farmer-laments-burnt>,
actions that devastate livelihoods and aim to drive Palestinians off
their ancestral lands. The olive tree, deeply symbolic in Palestinian
culture, has thus become a focal point for settler aggression intended
to both inflict economic ruin and erase cultural heritage.
This campaign of land seizure and agricultural destruction is part of a
broader strategy to expand Israeli settlements and annex more territory,
as emphasized in interviews with local farmers and activist reports
collected by*Al Mayadeen*.
One instance detailed the uprooting and burning of over 37,000 trees,
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-raids--detentions--and-olive-tree-destruction-sweep>including
tens of thousands of olive trees, since October 2023. Farmers lament not
only the loss of income and produce but the cultural attack on a crop
central to Palestinian identity. This systematic violence undermines
food security, destabilizes rural communities, and exemplifies the
ongoing displacement and dispossession Palestinians face in the West Bank.
What to expect?
The current trajectory in the West Bank is leading toward a major
explosion of instability and resistance. Israeli restrictions, settler
violence, and the withholding of critical tax revenues have broken civil
infrastructure and pushed families below the poverty line, eroding
social trust and weakening the Palestinian Authority’s capacity to
maintain order.
Military raids and detentions, particularly in governorates like
Ramallah, Nablus, and al-Khalil, are expected to trigger rising
community outrage and fuel resistance, amplifying the chances of
large-scale confrontation.
Settler attacks have reached record levels, coinciding with the olive
harvest season and resulting in the burning, uprooting, and theft of
tens of thousands of olive trees crucial to Palestinian livelihoods and
cultural heritage. Combined with the occupation army’s renewed maneuvers
across the West Bank and the Palestinian Jordan Valley, these trends
represent an explosive mix of economic despair, organized resistance,
and relentless occupation and settler violence.
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