October 7, which enabled a genocide in Gaza, loosened all restraints in the West Bank as well. Now the verdict that there are no innocent civilians has been applied to the Palestinians of the West Bank, too
As in Israel, nothing is the same as it used to be before October 7 between Jenin and Hebron. It's an occupation with new rules, crueller than ever. Not a single shot was fired by Palestinians in the West Bank on October 7, and not on most of the many days that followed, yet they are being punished by Israel as they haven't been since the Nakba.
Since October 7, Israel has adopted a policy of relentless and increasing harassment, despite the long period that has elapsed since then. The West Bank's punishment is shaping up as a life term in prison. Its inhabitants have behaved perfectly as far as Israel is concerned, submissive, bleeding and leaderless. They haven't expressed any significant opposition to what is being done to their brethren in Gaza, but this hasn't helped them. Their sin was and remains that they are Palestinians. With or without terrorism, they are always at fault.