Israel threatens 'full-scale war' against Palestinian Authority over 'October 7-style' attack

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Katz said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and he had directed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to prepare for a major military campaign if the PA's security apparatus was found to be planning an October 7-style attack.
47% : Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service said an Israeli man in his 20s was taken to hospital in moderate to serious condition after suffering multiple stab wounds.
46% : The campaign, he said, would also target what Israel describes as "terror infrastructure" across the territory.
41% : Netanyahu praised the soldiers involved in killing the attacker and vowed that Israel would continue targeting militants and those responsible for supporting them.
38% : The October 7 Hamas-led attack killed 1,221 people in Israel, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures, while 251 people were taken hostage to Gaza.
36% : Israel on Sunday warned that it could launch a "full-scale war" against the Palestinian Authority (PA) if its security forces were found preparing an attack against Israeli troops or Jewish settlements similar to the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 assault.
36% : Katz warned that the operation could involve targeted killings of senior Palestinian figures and the evacuation of residents from areas where Israel believes attacks are being organised.
34% : Israel's subsequent military offensive in Gaza has killed at least 73,651 people, according to the territory's health ministry, which operates under Hamas authority and whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nations.
33% : Israel has threatened to launch a "full-scale war" against the Palestinian Authority if its forces are found preparing an "October 7-style" attack on Israeli troops or Jewish settlements.
33% : Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz issued the warning following a stabbing attack in the northern occupied West Bank, where the Israeli military said it shot dead a Palestinian assailant.
33% : Violence has intensified across the occupied West Bank since Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war in Gaza.

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