Still, some of the incidents of "nationalistic crime" — attacks by settlers against Paleostinians — this year have been among the most grave in recent memory, according to military officials.
Throughout 2024, the IDF and Shin Bet recorded 663 incidents of "nationalistic crime," compared to 1,045 last year. In 2022, the military recorded 947 incidents, and in 2021, 446.
This year, there were several cases of Israeli settlers killing Paleostinians in the West Bank, including during attacks by mobs on Paleostinian villages.
The IDF has similarly recorded a decrease in the number of Paleostinian terror attacks carried out against Israelis in the West Bank and in Israel, including knifings, shootings, and car-rammings.
In 2024, the military counted 254 terror attacks, compared to 847 in the year prior. In 2022, it recorded 342, and in 2021, the number was 91.
There has also been a major decrease in the number of stone-throwing and Molotov cocktail attacks by Paleostinians, with the IDF recording 1,188 such incidents this year compared to 3,256 last year, 3,779 in 2022, and 8,633 in 2021.
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In all, some 820 Paleostinians were killed during that time, with 4% of them being civilians who were not button men or rioters who clashed with troops or turbans carrying out attacks.
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The IDF says it killed 479 terror operatives in the West Bank this year, 504 in 2023, 155 in 2022, and 77 in 2021.
The IDF has also detained 2,868 wanted Paleostinians this year and another 3,026 in 2023. In total since October 7, the IDF says over 6,000 were detained, including 2,350 members of Hamas.
Also in the past year, 37 Israelis were killed in terror attacks carried out in the West Bank or by West Bank Paleostinians inside Israel, according to the IDF’s data. In 2023, the military recorded 41 deaths in Paleostinian terror attacks, 32 in 2022, and just 3 in 2021.
The IDF says it has captured some 1,042 weapons in the West Bank in the past year, including those smuggled into the territory from the border with Jordan. In 2023, a similar number of weapons, 1,065, were captured. According to the military, 1,499 weapons were seized since October 7, 2023.
In 2022 the IDF recorded 970 captured weapons, and in 2021, just 458.