An Al Jazeera investigation linked 14 Palestinian deaths in the West Bank to Israelis in military service or seen wearing army uniforms while attacks took place, documenting both forms of involvement.
Al Jazeera said the units' mission had shifted from guarding settlements to aiding assaults on Palestinian communities. Their ranks are now six times the size recorded in 2023, the investigation said; Israeli occupiers are recruited as reservists.
Al Jazeera cited informed sources who said military service can provide Israeli occupiers with recurring training, licensed weapons and sensitive details about Palestinians. Images in the investigation showed a soldier in civilian clothing attacking Palestinian olive growers in Nablus province.
The investigation linked a Palestinian's fatal shooting on farmland in Hebron province to an unnamed man. Al Jazeera described him as an activist in Israeli occupier groups and said U.S. sanctions imposed on him in 2024 were later lifted.
Earlier, Reuters reported that former Israeli military officials had joined Palestinian farmers for the olive harvest amid settler violence.
The Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission counted 1,369 attacks by Israeli occupiers in October. From October 2023 through June 2026, it recorded 12,506 attacks, which it said included 52 Palestinian deaths and 890 fires on Palestinian farmland and other property.
