The West Bank was not on the Washington agenda. Expert observers point out that the West Bank does not fall within Iran’s list of top regional interests. Since late 2023, over half of the West Bank’s 360 settler “outposts,” consisting of little more than shacks, have sprung up across the West Bank. A prime target of a current campaign is the West Bank hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar. In the weeks following Hamas’ 2023 attack from Gaza, the governmemnt distributed thousands of weapons to newly established civilian security squads in the West Bank.