Recently, tensions between the Palestinian authority (PA) security forces and different Palestinian resistance factions in the West Bank have been rising.

Following a series of Israeli ground operations into the city of Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank, targeting Palestinian fighters from the Al Quds brigades' Jenin battalion, and a drone strike which targeted a car carrying fighters, the Palestinian Authority's security forces have been cracking down on fighters resisting the regular Israeli raids.

In response, the following actions were taken:

- The Jenin Battalion declared mobilisation and called on others in the West bank to rise up against the PA.

- The Tulkarm camp battalion also released a statement condeming the PA.

- Palestinian fighters from the Al-Far'a camp, near Jenin took up arms and stated that they were mobilising to support the Jenin Battalion.

- Locals in Nablus began burning tires and conducting protests on Jerusalem Street in response to the PA's actions in Jenin.

Yesterday, a member of Hamas was shot during small arms clashes with PA forces. In response to this, Hamas called on the different factions and the Palestinian people to take part in a broad movement to "stop the behavior of the Authority’s apparatuses in pursuing the resistance fighters and targeting citizens, and to put an end to these crimes that are consistent with the occupation’s [Israel's] crimes against our people and their sanctities."

Additionally, just a few hours ago, armed forces from the PA conducted an operation involving snipers, armoured jeeps and other military equipment in Jenin. The outcome and purpose of this operation remains unknown.

There is of course the possibility that this all fizzles out like it has done in the past, but this is the largest escalation in conflict between the PA and The West Bank's armed factions since I've started covering the situation in The Middle East.