Why are settler attacks increasing in the West Bank?

The whole world is currently watching Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, armed Israeli settlers and soldiers are taking revenge for the Hamas attacks of October 7. In recent weeks, there has been a marked increase in ethnic cleansing, harassment, attacks, and forced displacement of Palestinians from their villages. According to B'Tselem, an Israeli information center for human rights in the occupied territories, at least 13 Palestinians communities have been displaced as a result of settler violence. There are also reports of torture, abuse and humiliation. The Netanyahu government has vowed to actively support the settler rampage, not only under the security cover of the Israeli army. Israel's National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir of the racist, Jewish supremacist and anti-Arab Jewish Power Party, announced that the government would provide 10,000 free weapons to settlers in the occupied West Bank. These weapons will be used primarily to evict Palestinians from their homes. With the government's decision to further arm civilians, the line between soldier and settler is becoming increasingly blurred.