The security establishment is entering the month of Tishrei on particularly high alert, against the backdrop of tensions across multiple fronts and preparations for scenarios of rapid escalation.

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told members of the General Staff in a recent meeting: “The region is highly volatile; we must remain on high alert,” Channel 12 News reported.

Meanwhile, the IDF continues to operate across all arenas, exercising its maximum freedom of action. In Gaza, for example, 14 targeted eliminations were carried out over the past week, including five Nukhba company commanders and five Nukhba platoon commanders.

The security establishment is also preparing for the possibility of rapid escalation in several arenas.

In recent days, the military has conducted a series of exercises designed to maintain readiness for a variety of scenarios across all fronts, reduce the risk of surprise and preserve a high level of alertness ahead of the coming days.

Defense Minister Yisrael Katz on Monday warned the Palestinian Authority against the possibility of “turning its guns” and carrying out terrorist activity against Israel.

Katz said: “If the guns are turned and the Palestinian Authority security apparatuses and bodies associated with them launch, or we know with certainty that they are about to launch, an October 7-style terrorist attack against IDF forces and Jewish communities — Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and I have instructed the IDF to prepare to launch an all-out war against the PA leadership, its security apparatuses and associated bodies, and all terrorist infrastructure in Yehuda and Shomron, in order to bring about their complete defeat quickly.”

“We will not allow a return to the reality of a prolonged intifada lasting years, as happened in the past. Instead, we will launch an all-out campaign against the PA and all terrorist infrastructure in Yehuda and Shomron, including targeted eliminations of senior figures, evacuation of residents from cities and villages from which terrorist activity is carried out, elimination of the terrorists, destruction of all terrorist infrastructure there, and the IDF remaining in the evacuated territory — exactly as we did in the security zones in Gaza and Lebanon, and as we also operated in the refugee camps in Jenin and northern Shomron.”

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)