There is a Sound Series, Dead Sea Scrolls: History-Israeli raids and the Israel-Hamas War

Shidonna Raven
Oct 2
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By The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Last Updated: Jun 9, 2025

Source: Britannica

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Israeli raids and the Israel-Hamas War

A wave of attacks on Israelis in early 2022 led the IDF to conduct frequent raids in the West Bank, especially in the northern West Bank cities of Jenin, Nablus, and Tulkarm, in an effort to root out militants. The confrontations between Palestinians and the IDF led to the deadliest year in the territory in nearly two decades.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas conducted a surprise land, sea, and air assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip, leading to the deadliest day in Israel since its independence in 1948. The following day the IDF began restricting movement in the West Bank, blocking the entrance to many cities and villages altogether as it stepped up raids, which took place almost daily around refugee camps in the northern part of the territory during the Israel-Hamas War. Attacks on West Bank Palestinians by vigilante Israeli settlers increased as the number of gun permits and weaponry in the settlements proliferated, especially at the initiative of Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. In some cases settlers violently seized land and created new outposts, prompting U.S. sanctions against a small number of individuals and organizations related to the settlement movement.

In August 2024, days after militant groups claimed responsibility for an attempted suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, Israel announced a large-scale offensive in the West Bank that it said would prevent further terrorist attacks that might originate from the territory. The IDF blockaded roads around Jenin, Tulkarm, and Al-Faraa refugee camp as ground forces and aerial vehicles entered them, destroying roads that Israeli forces said they suspected might contain explosive devices and controlling access to hospitals where they said militants might hide.

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