After four major terror attacks in Israel at the end of March and beginning of April, tensions continue to increase in the West Bank. With Muslims celebrating Ramadan, and the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter coming, Israel is preparing for more trouble.

Israeli troops have been in the region for the past two weeks to apprehend those planning more assaults in an operation dubbed by the Israel Defense Forces as "Operation Break the Wave." They are focusing on the Jenin area because the perpetrators of the two most recent attacks are from the city, but are also raiding other West Bank locations.

Two Palestinians were killed today and at least four more injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers. The Palestinian press named those killed as Shas Kammaji and Mustafa Abu Al-Rub. The first was the brother of Ayham Kamamji, one of the six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped from the Israeli Gilboa jail a few months ago. Israeli troops also conducted overnight raids of the Nur Shams refugee camp on the outskirts of Tulkarm, Kafr Dan northwest of Jenin and in the town Khirbat Sir, arresting several individuals suspected of affiliation with terror cells or intentions to perpetrate attacks. Three Palestinians were killed yesterday in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli troops in the village of Silwad near Ramallah and outside Bethlehem. People detained in Silwad are suspected of planning a terror attack against Israelis during the upcoming Passover holiday.

This afternoon, Israeli troops arrested Wasim a-Sayed, who is accused of killing Tamar and Yehuda Kaduri in 2019 and Moldovan national Ivan Tirnovski last month. Sayed, who was detained for two years over his affiliation with the Islamic State, was released just four days before stabbing Tironski to death.