Netanyahu meets with senior security officials to discuss West Bank violence, Israeli settlement

The West Bank has been the site of several violent outbreaks in recent weeks at several flashpoints, including Kusra and Gilad Farm near Nablus, as well as Yatta and Sa'ir near Hebron. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a situational assessment in the West Bank on Monday, following recent outbreaks of violence in the area. 

Defense Minister Israel Katz, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, National Security Council head Shmuel Ben Ezra, Central Command head Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, Military Intelligence Chief, Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, IDF Operations Division head, Brig.-Gen. A, Judea and Samaria Division commander, Brig.-Gen. Kobi Heller, and other senior officials attended.

The meeting covered a general assessment of security threats in the region, with a particular focus on terror, as well as the "dramatic increase" in Israeli settlement in the West Bank, Katz said afterward. He also praised the IDF soldiers and other service members who enforce Israel's policies in Judea and Samaria, "including the order we gave to evacuate refugee camps in northern Samaria and destroy terror infrastructure there."

The West Bank has been the site of several violent outbreaks in recent weeks at several flashpoints, including Kusra and Gilad Farm near Nablus, as well as Yatta and Sa'ir near Hebron. 

Paratroopers to join Israeli security forces in West Bank following three-month Gaza tour

Also on Monday, the IDF announced that members of the Paratroopers Brigade would be transferring to the West Bank following the completion of their previous posting in the Gaza Strip.

Stationed in Gaza since June under the command of the 143rd Gaza Division and the 99th Division, the troops dismantled a total of 13 km of underground tunnels, including part of the tunnel where Lt. Hadar Goldin was held for over a decade.