IDF troops operated in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus in the early hours of Saturday morning in a counterterrorism operation, Ynet reported. Footage published to X/Twitter showed IDF troops operating in the area.Terrorists planted explosive devices, threw grenades, Molotov cocktails, and stones at the soldiers, and fired fireworks at them, according to the Ynet report. One 18-year-old, Mohammad Medhat Amin Amer, was killed, and nine were wounded, according to Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing the Palestinian Health Ministry.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir apologized to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud MK Boaz Bismuth on Saturday night for having them appear physically in the Knesset to vote on the prevention of the closure of police stations and cutting police officers' salaries."I did some soul-searching on shabbat and realized that I was wrong when I saw the prime minister and Boaz in the plenum and we did not offset them,” Ben-Gvir stated. “I apologize to the prime minister and my friend Boaz Bismuth. From now on, we will offset the prime minister until he fully recovers, God willing.”Netanyahu was still in the middle of recovery at Hadassah Hospital for a surgery that he recently underwent, while Bismuth was sitting shiva for the death of his mother.The national security minister noted, however, that "We will continue to vote according to our principles until a solution is found to prevent the closure of police stations, emergency squads, and the cuts in the salaries of police officers, prison guards, and all of Israel's national security forces."

The IDF struck Hamas targets in the Salah al-Din area in southern Gaza early Saturday morning, the IDF reported.The intelligence-based strike was against terrorists who were involved in exploiting humanitarian aid corridors in the Palestinian enclave, the military noted.The IDF stated that the strike did not affect the continued entrance of humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians.Earlier, in central Gaza, a vehicle carrying four Hamas terrorists was struck by the IAF in Deir al Balah.