Turned now to Israel and tonight President Biden sending a message imposing sanctions now on four Israeli settlers in the West Bank for violence against Palestinians tonight Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasting the move James Longman from Israel again tonight an unprecedented move from the White House Tonight President Biden Sanctioning four Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank for violence against Palestinians and Israeli activists the administration says the four men who carried out various attacks will have their assets and bank accounts Frozen and they'll be restricted from using the US Financial system the White House adding settler violence poses a grave Threat to peace security and stability in the West Bank today's order comes amid growing criticism facing Biden for his support of Israel's war against Hamas prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissing the measure saying the absolute majority are law-abiding citizens but this may be just the beginning the government of Israel that Is on the ground that we have been very clear needs to do more to arrest uh extremist settlers engaged in violence and prosecute extremist settlers engaged in violence the West Bank is land the Palestinians envisage for a future state but some 500,000 Jewish settlers now live there as well as some 200,000 in East Jerusalem contravening international law and since hamas's October 7th attack has been a major uptick in violence in the West Bank the Palestinian Authority says 381 people have been killed there like this man 40-year-old Bal s who was shot at Point Blank Range while picking olives and 17-year-old Louisiana native TFI Abdul Jabar who was killed a week ago while driving a pickup truck after a picnic Israeli and US officials have said they'll investigate and on the hostage deal David Hamas said today it's received the proposal quote positively but no formal agreement yet David James Longman we can See that storm behind you there in Tel Aviv tonight James thank you hi everyone George Stephanopoulos here thanks for checking out the ABC News YouTube channel if you'd like to get get more videos show highlights and watch live event coverage click on the right over here to subscribe to our Channel and Don't forget to download the ABC News app for breaking news alerts thanks for watching