The Israeli army said Monday it is rolling out a new technological system to regulate movement in the occupied West Bank for Israelis and Palestinians, a step Israeli media reported comes amid growing concerns over escalating settler violence.
The decision allows security forces "to install a technological monitoring device on individuals subject to an administrative order restricting their movement within the (West Bank)," the army said in a statement.
The system would allow for monitoring of "violations of these restriction orders accordingly," it added.
The measure was adopted after a request by the head of the domestic Shin Bet security agency David Zini, in response to rising violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Israel's Channel 12 reported.
The monitoring devices used will be electronic bracelets, according to the Israeli broadcaster.
