Israeli media have reported a shooting and ramming operation that occurred at the Nitzani Shalom junction, south of Tel Aviv, occupied Palestine at Sunday noon.

According to Israeli reports, four settlers were injured in the attack. Among them, at least three are in serious condition, with one individual critically injured.

The Israeli media further indicated that the incident in Ramla involved both a vehicle ramming and a shooting that targeted the occupation soldiers. Israeli occupation forces were dispatched to the scene immediately following the attack.

This incident is part of a series of ongoing operations targeting Israeli soldiers and settlers in various parts of the occupied Palestinian territories. These attacks come amidst ongoing violence in Gaza, including the recent massacres committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the Mawasi Khan Younis area and the al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza City.

Israeli media reported concerns within the Israeli army and intelligence leadership over the "Lebanonization" of the occupied West Bank, which reminded them of the fighting against Hezbollah in the 1990s during the occupation of southern Lebanon, and the use of explosive devices during that time.

The activities of the Palestinian Resistance in the West Bank have seen significant and notable developments since the Al-Aqsa Flood operation on October 7, with the growing use of IEDs.

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Israeli channel Kan TV reported that this has become a major concern as the threat in the West Bank has become more severe recently.

Revamped tactics

According to the channel, some of the bombs contain tens of kilograms of explosive materials that are detonated remotely, with Resistance fighters planting them under the asphalt on the roads.

Israeli military experts highlighted that the occupation army uses armored bulldozers to clear the streets before other vehicles enter, triggering the explosive devices to detonate upon contact with the bulldozers.

For its part, Israeli Channel 12 confirmed that the Resistance developed a new tactic, and is now burying the IEDs deeper into the ground to avoid them being triggered by bulldozers.

Previously, the devices were buried at a depth of ten or more centimeters under roads and pavements. However, recent Israeli incursions into Tulkarm, Jenin, and other West Bank cities have shown that the Resistance has started planting explosives at depths of a meter or more.

Nearly every Israeli incursion into the cities and camps of the West Bank faces the use of explosive devices by the Resistance, which has become a significant "operational burden."

The latest incident involved the Resistance targeting occupation forces with an explosive device around the Nur Shams camp in Tulkarm on July 9. The occupation acknowledged the death of a soldier, the driver of a Nimr vehicle destroyed by resistance fighters in Nur Shams camp, at the beginning of this month.