According to the report, although there have been significant achievements in the past year, chief among them the dismantling of the Lions Den terrorist infrastructure after the organization was responsible for many attacks in 2022, other actors in Judea and Samaria have arisen to encourage and carry out more terrorist attacks.
Despite the protests of the Palestinian Authority, the IDF continues its intensive counter-terrorism activity. In January, 35 Palestinian Arabs were killed in battle with the IDF, 95% of whom were terrorists. If this rate continues, 2023 will end with more deaths than last year, which saw the highest number of Arab fatalities since the second intifada.
While the IDF is currently not interested in expanding Operation Break the Wave, the military could be forced to do so if additional terrorist attacks are committed. No significant decrease in the desire of young Palestinian Arabs to attack and murder Jews has been observed as of yet. READ MORE
