Israeli forces return to West Bank's Tubas, impose lockdown — reports

Israeli security forces have re-deployed in the West Bank’s northeastern town of Tubas and nearby village of Aqaba, less than 24 hours after withdrawing from the area, Palestinian media reports.

Footage published by Palestinian outlets appears to show a military helicopter flying over Tubas’s agricultural fields and military vehicles driving through the city.

Tubas regional governor Ahmed al-Asaad says in a statement that the military has seized homes in the city and imposed a lockdown and curfew.

The IDF and Shin Bet said last week that they had commenced a wide-scale counter-terror operation in the northern West Bank.

Palestinian media reported last night that forces had withdrawn from Palestinian localities in the Tubas governorate following a four-day operation that wounded 204 people and saw over 200 detained, 10 of whom were said to remain in Israeli custody.