Overview
- During a Wednesday visit to the Judea and Samaria Division, the defense minister told commanders to be ready for potential October 7-style attacks on West Bank and seamline communities.
- He directed the IDF to keep forces on the ground across Judea and Samaria to act as a buffer between civilians and armed groups.
- Citing operations in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur a-Shams, Katz said terrorist activity dropped by more than 80% and urged evaluating expansion of that model to additional camps.
- He instructed the military to continue advancing plans to relocate IDF bases to northern Samaria, which he framed as serving security and settlement priorities.
- Haaretz reported that the campaign has included ongoing demolitions in refugee camps, with UNRWA estimating extensive housing damage in Nur al-Shams and Tulkarm and warning of long-term consequences.