Israeli Army Radio revealed on Monday morning that the army had raised its alert level to enhance the defense of settlements along the contact line with the northern West Bank and Tulkarm.

According to the Hebrew radio, this came after immediate warnings following the recent assassinations about the intention of armed groups to carry out infiltration operations into the settlements along the contact line under the direction of Iran and Hamas.

It settlements, and therefore more forces were sent with the aim of responding immediately and quickly to any attack.

It pointed out that this is part of the lessons learned from the attack of October 7.

It explained that the cell that was eliminated last Saturday morning was planning to carry out an infiltration operation.

Israeli security officials said that Iran and Hamas are trying by all means to ignite the situation in the West Bank and cause an uprising because they believe that this is the most successful way to prevent an Israeli attack on Lebanon.

The West Bank is a major threat to Israel, and the focus of the war may shift to this front.