A Palestinian uses a sling to hurl stones during clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank October 20, 2023.
| CBC News LoadedViolence in the occupied West Bank has surged since Israel began bombarding the Gaza Strip and clashing with Hezbollah at the Lebanon border, fuelling concerns that the flashpoint Palestinian territory could become a third front in a wider war.A Palestinian uses a sling to hurl stones during clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday.
The Israeli military said it was on high alert and bracing for attacks including in the West Bank. One worry in the West Bank is "lone wolf" attacks from Palestinians who have disparate local loyalties but an overall contempt for Israeli occupation, analysts say.Clashes between Israeli soldiers and settlers and Palestinians have already turned deadly. More than 80 Palestinians have been killed in West Bank violence since Oct. 7 and Israel has arrested more than 900 people.
Lior Akerman, a former officer in Israel's internal security service the Shin Bet, said fears over West Bank unrest predated the Hamas war.Hamas for years had been trying to "do all it can to activate terrorists in the West Bank," he said.A man raises the green Hamas flag on Friday as others wave the Fatah emblem during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to show solidarity with Palestinians of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli soldiers on Friday detain Palestinians after stopping their car near the Huwara checkpoint, in the southern entrance to Nablus city, in the occupied West Bank.
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