BySARAH BEN-NUN

Five battalions were added to the existing troops in the West Bank, The IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Israel Police announced on Wednesday. They are focused in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus. 

Operation Iron Wall against terrorism in the West Bank began in January and mainly targeted refugee camps, emptying them. Troops have routinely found and confiscated weapons and cash.

On Tuesday, security agencies announced that the Nahal Brigade, which had been fighting in the Gaza Strip up until now, had been transferred to the West Bank. 

The agencies said that seven people were arrested so far, and weapons were confiscated, in a raid of hundreds of structures.

Israeli security forces guard at the scene where three Israelis were murdered in a shooting attack earlier today, near the village of al-Funduq, in the Northern West Bank, January 6, 2025.
Israeli security forces guard at the scene where three Israelis were murdered in a shooting attack earlier today, near the village of al-Funduq, in the Northern West Bank, January 6, 2025. (credit: ERIK MARMOR/FLASH90)

The Nahal troops operated on Tuesday night in the town of Meithalun, south of Jenin. 

In Kalkilya and nearby towns Salfit and Jayus, troops arrested three and confiscated four different types of weapons.