Israelis launch raids to prevent occupied West Bank eruption, emerging as new front: Analysis

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Rami Khouri, distinguished fellow at the American University of Beirut, told Al Jazeera that the military raids were confirmation that the Israelis are moving to prevent the occupied West Bank from erupting in confrontation against Israel amid the war in Gaza.

Israel and US forces, which Khouri described as being almost "synonymous" now, have in the past week clashed with armed fighters in the West Bank, Hamas fighters in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and smaller armed groups in Iraq and Syria.