IDF troops detained some 90 terror suspects in the West Bank over the past week, including five overnight in the town of Iktaba near Tulkarem, the military says.
The IDF has been carrying out a major offensive in the northern West Bank, dubbed Operation Iron Wall, since January 21.
Troops also seized 15 firearms in the West Bank over the past week, the military adds.
Last night, the IDF said that following a fresh assessment in light of the bus bombings in Bat Yam and Holon, it had blocked several checkpoints leading into the West Bank in specific areas, and would ramp up activities in the so-called seam zone, the area between the Green Line and Israel’s West Bank barrier.
Additionally, the IDF said it bolstered the West Bank area with three additional battalions.
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