The US government is considering imposing sanctions on a battalion of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) over alleged human rights violations, marking a potentially historic move in the relations between the two countries. The decision is based on concerns about incidents in the West Bank before the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel in October 2021. Notably, the death of US-Palestinian citizen Omar Assad in IDF custody has drawn significant attention. The sanctions, if implemented, will ban the battalion and its members from receiving any kind of US military assistance or training.