Israel security forces stand guard at the scene of a shooting attack in Neve Yaacov which lies on occupied land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the 1967 Middle East war, January 27, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A day after a Palestinian gunman killed seven people in front of a synagogue on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the Israeli military declared on Saturday that it was increasing forces in the occupied West Bank.
“Following an IDF (Israeli Defence Forces) situational assessment, it was decided to reinforce the Judea and Samaria (West Bank) Division with an additional battalion,” the military said.