Overview
- IDF forces completed a 48-hour, brigade-level operation in the Nablus area that the military says dismantled more than 30 weapon-production machines and seized concealed firearms and ammunition.
- Separately in Qabatiya, troops apprehended a five-member cell that the army said was planning attacks and recovered an M16 rifle and other military equipment from suspects’ homes.
- The Qabatiya unit was taken into custody in under ten minutes after troops reached the suspected locations, according to the military’s account.
- The Nablus sweep included searches of hundreds of sites, questioning of dozens of people, and the arrest of more than ten wanted individuals, with all detained suspects now held for further questioning.
- The IDF framed the operations as proactive counterterrorism driven by ISA intelligence while acknowledging that independent details and the identities of those arrested have not been released and that the wider pattern of raids raises concerns about civilian harm and displacement.