Israeli occupation forces and settlers carried out 3,133 attacks across the occupied West Bank in October, a 52.8% increase from September, according to a Palestinian report. 

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in the report released on Monday that Israeli forces were responsible for 1,764 attacks, while settlers carried out 1,369, representing a 111.6% monthly increase in settler assaults.

The violent attacks included shootings, physical assaults, property destruction, burning of trees and vehicles, land seizures, road closures and restrictions on Palestinians' access to their agricultural lands.

The report comes amid escalating Israeli military offensive and settler violence across the occupied West Bank, including East al-Quds, since the outbreak of Israel's genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip in October 2023.

Israel seals off al-Khalil neighborhood as 8-day offensive displaces thousands

The offensive has forcibly displaced nearly 5,000 Palestinians, prompting the United Nations to warn of "ethnic cleansing."

The period has also witnessed intensified military raids, movement restrictions, forced displacement of Palestinian communities and the expansion of Israeli settlements and outposts across the occupied territory.

In a landmark advisory opinion issued in July 2024, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful and called for an end to its occupation and the evacuation of settlements.

The developments come as Israeli forces have imposed closures on the West Bank city of al-Khalil and nearby villages, taken over homes for use as military posts, and carried out demolitions and infrastructure damage that have disrupted residents’ daily lives.

The Israeli occupation army launched its offensive in al-Khalil on October 23 following an operation by two Palestinians that killed two Israeli soldiers and injured three others near a checkpoint. The army later killed the two Palestinians.

Since then, Israeli forces have imposed a comprehensive military closure on al-Khalil and surrounding villages, seizing Palestinian homes in the Jalda and Ain Deir Baha neighborhoods and converting them into military barracks, with Israeli flags raised above them.