Palestinian Authority–West Bank militias conflict

Palestinian Authority–West Bank militias conflict
	Part of Palestinian internal political violence and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict
Date	7 January 2022 – present; (3 years, 5 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Location	West Bank, Palestine
Status	Ongoing; Escalation in clashes during the Gaza war;
Belligerents
Palestinian Authority Fatah leadership; ; Supported by:; Israel; United States	Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades; Hamas; Supported by:; Iran;
Units involved
Palestinian Security Services Palestinian National Security Forces; General Intelligence Service; Palestinian Preventive Security; Palestinian Presidential Guard; Palestinian Civil Police Force; ;	Palestinian Joint Operations Room Shared units in the West Bank: Jenin Brigades; Tulkarm Brigade; Nur Shams Brigade; Tubas Brigade; Other militant units; ; ;
Casualties and losses
3 security officers killed; 5 security officers injured; 2 intelligence officers killed; 1 presidential guard killed; 3 police officers injured	8+ militants killed
	13+ Palestinian civilians killed; 22+ Palestinian civilians injured

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, various local Palestinian militias have been engaged in an armed conflict with the Palestinian Authority (PA), the autonomous administration governing the region's Palestinian enclaves. The conflict emerged a result of the widespread unpopularity of the PA among Palestinians and the common perception that it is a collaborationist body subservient to Israel, the occupying power. In turn, the PA accuses militants of being "bandits" and agents of instability.

The widespread discontent with the Palestinian Authority, along with multiple factors related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, sparked a mass spread of West Bank Palestinian militancy in the 2020s. Initially rare, armed clashes between the PA's National Security Forces and local militias began significantly escalating during the ongoing Gaza war. In December 2024, the largest and most violent fighting in the conflict erupted with a large-scale PA operation in Jenin.