According to Palestinian media, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the area near the family home of the martyr who targeted the Israeli "Gush Etzion" settlement north of al-Khalil with an assault rifle on Friday.

Local Palestinian media reported Saturday, that the IOF were on high alter near Karantina in al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank, and numerous young men were detained after carrying out shootings.

IOF stormed the vicinity of the family home of martyr Sheikh Mahmoud Nofal who carried out the attack in the Old city of al-Khalil.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in occupied Palestine reported an armed confrontation between a Palestinian Resistance fighter and IOF in the old town of al-Khalil, following reports of a Resistance operation in the area.

According to Israeli media sources, reports of gunfire in the city of al-Khalil surfaced following warnings of an infiltration into one of the settlements in the area.

The area where the operation was carried out is considered highly secured and the IOF maintains constant presence there. The area is adjacent to al-Shuhada Street, now closed for nearly 24 years, and surrounded by 4 settlement neighborhoods, “Beit Hadassah, Ibrahim Avenue, Beit Romano, and Tel Rumaida."

Initially, the occupation forces instructed the Israeli settlers to remain indoors. Later, it was reported that the Palestinian Resistance fighter had been martyred in a direct confrontation.

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In turn, the Al-Qassam Brigades - West Bank confirmed that resistance operations will not stop “from the north of the West Bank to its south.”

In Nablus, in the north-central West Bank, young men targeted the occupation forces with an explosive device during their storming of the vicinity of the Old City. Clashes took place between the IOF and resistance factions at Shweika Gate, north of Tulkarm, in the northwest of the West Bank.

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced, on Saturday evening, that the number of martyrs in the West Bank since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7 last year had risen to 435.

Two Palestinians were injured Thursday morning as Israeli occupation forces attacked citizens in the village of al-Luban al-Sharqiya south of Nablus.

Israeli occupation forces also raided the vicinity of the Qalandia refugee camp northeast of occupied al-Quds, and Israeli occupation forces' gunfire injured a Palestinian youth during confrontations at the Qalandia checkpoint.

Confrontations also erupted between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of the Shuafat checkpoint in occupied al-Quds.