Israel launches new military operation in northern West Bank

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Israel has said its security forces have been targeting Palestinian militancy in the West Bank, where hundreds of thousands of Israeli settlers live among 2.7 million Palestinians, granted limited self-rule under Israeli military occupation.
40% : Hamas, which agreed to a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza last month, has condemned the latest West Bank operation and called on the international community to intervene to stop it. Israeli security forces on Wednesday have launched what the military described as a counter-terrorism operation in the northern West Bank, which Palestinians said was targeting the city of Tubas.
37% : Hamas, which agreed to a ceasefire with Israel in Gaza last month, condemned the latest West Bank operation and called on the international community to intervene to stop it.
33% : Human Rights Watch this month accused Israel of war crimes and crimes against humanity over what it said were forced expulsions.
33% : Israel denies committing such crimes.
20% : Since Hamas carried out the October 7 attack on Israel from Gaza two years ago, Israel has sharply curtailed movement in the West Bank, with new checkpoints erected and some Palestinian communities effectively sealed off by gates and roadblocks.

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