France imposes sanctions on violent Israeli settlers. 28 militant Israeli settlers are now no longer allowed to enter the country.
Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank had intensified since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war. The United Nations has classified these settlements as a major obstacle to a peace settlement because they leave little contiguous territory for the Palestinians in a possible two-state solution. The USA had previously imposed sanctions against Israeli settlers, and the EU also wants to take stronger action against militant settlers.