Today, a military exercise will begin in the Judea and Samaria area, as part of which there will be vigorous movement of security forces and vehicles, echoes of explosions will be heard in the area, and checkpoints will be set up on several roads. The exercise will end tomorrow evening.

The IDF spokesman said that "the exercise is intended to improve the readiness of IDF forces in the Judea and Samaria area, while training the forces in a variety of possible terrorist scenarios in the area, including surprise scenarios." It was also reported that the exercise was planned in advance as part of the training program for 2021.