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Explainer: Israel's escalated aggression in the occupied West Bank

Israel has launched its largest offensive on the occupied West Bank since the Second Intifada, killing at least 10 Palestinians so far.

Since declaring war on Gaza, Israeli forces have conducted near-daily raids on towns and cities across the West Bank, killing 582 Palestinians according to a Middle East Eye tally, and detaining over 10,000, according to Palestinian advocacy groups.

For more information on this latest offensive and the Israeli military's increase in operations since the beginning of the war on Gaza, check out our explainer by clicking below.

Explainer: How has Israeli aggression escalated in the occupied West Bank since October?

Mourners grieve during the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli air strike, in Nur Shams in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 27 August.