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The remarks from Defence Minister Israel Katz followed a stabbing attack that wounded an Israeli settler in the northern (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/west-bank/) West Bank , with the military saying it had shot and killed the Palestinian assailant. Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967. Recent months have seen soaring attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, often with little or no legal consequence. "If... the Palestinian Authority's security mechanisms and related bodies initiate, or we know with certainty that they are about to initiate, a terror attack in the style of October 7 against IDF forces and Jewish settlements – Prime Minister (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/benjamin-netanyahu/) Benjamin Netanyahu and I have instructed the IDF to prepare for the opening of a full-scale war," Defence Minister Israel Katz said. Watch more (https://www.france24.com/en/netanyahu-condemns-violence-in-west-bank) Netanyahu condemns violence in West Bank  Katz added in a statement from his office that the military campaign would target the "senior leadership and mechanisms" of the Palestinian Authority, which is based in the West Bank city of Ramallah, as well as "all terror infrastructure" in the territory. He said it would include "targeted killings of senior figures" and the "evacuation of residents from the cities and villages from which terror activity is carried out", with a permanent Israeli military presence in those areas. Katz said the operation would emulate the so-called "security zones" in which the Israeli military currently operates in Gaza and southern (https://www.france24.com/en/tag/lebanon/) Lebanon . 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