The Israeli Army Intends to Carry Out a Military Operation in Qabatiya North of the West Bank

The Israeli army announced on Friday its intention to carry out a military operation in the town of Qabatiya north of the occupied West Bank, claiming that the perpetrator of the stabbing and ramming incident in the city of Beit She'an in northern Israel originated from there.

The army stated in a statement: "Through the initial investigation into the ramming and stabbing attack carried out in the Beit She'an area, and later in Afula, it was revealed that the perpetrator is an illegal resident who infiltrated into the territory of the State of Israel several days ago."

It added: "Additional forces are reinforcing the contact zone (between the West Bank and Israel), and the forces are preparing to enter into field activity inside the town of Qabatiya" near Jenin in northern West Bank.

Earlier on Friday, two Israelis were killed and two injured in a ramming and stabbing operation in the city of Beit She'an in northern Israel, before a passerby fired at the perpetrator, resulting in him sustaining moderate injuries.

Israeli authorities confirmed that the perpetrator of the operation is from the town of Qabatiya, while the newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" stated that his identity is Ahmed Abu al-Rab, 37 years old.

For his part, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant issued instructions to the Israeli army "to act forcefully and immediately against the village of Qabatiya, from which the perpetrator originated," according to a statement from his office.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also stated in a statement: "Anyone who commits a terrorist attack motivated by anti-Semitism with the intent to kill should know that the State of Israel will not allow him to remain alive," in his words.

This comes as the Israeli army continues, since January 21, 2025, a military operation in northern West Bank that it began in Jenin camp, then expanded to Nour Shams and Tulkarm camps.

Since that time, the army has besieged the three camps and continues to destroy and demolish the entire infrastructure and citizens' property, hundreds of homes and shops, while the displacement of their residents, numbering about 50,000, continues, according to official data.

Since the genocide war in Gaza began on October 8, 2023, the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank have killed at least 1,103 Palestinians and injured about 11,000, in addition to arresting more than 21,000.

Israel is also intensifying its crimes to annex the West Bank to it, especially through demolishing Palestinians' homes, displacing them, and expanding settlements, according to Palestinian authorities.

Annexing the West Bank by Israel would end the possibility of implementing the two-state solution (Palestinian and Israeli), as stipulated in UN resolutions.

Israel was established in 1948 on Palestinian lands occupied by armed Zionist gangs that committed massacres and displaced hundreds of thousands of citizens, then Tel Aviv occupied the rest of the lands, and refuses to withdraw and establish a Palestinian state.