Israeli occupation forces withdrew from Qalqilya after failing to locate the two settlers who went missing on Saturday after entering the city in the occupied West Bank.

Despite extensive search operations, the Israeli Army Radio denied reports that the settlers were located, confirming that their whereabouts remain unknown at the time of this publication.

Scenes of the Israeli forces storming the city of Qalqilya, and firing live ammunition, after news published by the Israeli Channel 14 about the disappearance of 2 Israelis who entered the city to repair their vehicle. https://t.co/Bgdy5CjsQW pic.twitter.com/h2pSe6T2sM

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Palestinian Resistance fighters engaged in intense combat with IOF storming the city, using improvised explosives and gunfire to defend their community. One Palestinian youth was wounded in the foot during the confrontations.

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According to the Israel Without Censorship website, the search will continue via intelligence operations after the military failed to locate the settlers.

Meanwhile, Israeli Channel 12 reported that the occupation's Shin Bet is investigating the "potential kidnapping of the settlers in Qalqilya."

There is no confirmed information on whether the settlers left Qalqilya or if there is an ongoing security incident.

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that after withdrawing from Qalqilya, the occupation forces positioned themselves in the eastern villages of city, specifically in Azzun.

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In the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, confrontations broke out between Palestinian youth and IOF after the latter stormed the area.

Additionally, Israeli occupation forces launched an incursion into the city of Nablus, where they used a Palestinian youth as a human shield to gain entry into a building. The forces also carried out a raid on the village of Tel, located west of Nablus, where they indiscriminately fired tear gas at Palestinian residents and their homes.

This latest attack on Nablus follows an earlier raid at dawn, during which Israeli forces also stormed the town of Beit Iba. During the dawn operations across the West Bank, the occupation forces reportedly detained two freed prisoners, according to local media sources.