The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported: “The Iron Dome system in southern Israel has raised the alarm over extreme and closed roads adjacent to the Gaza Strip,” in light of the arrest of high-ranking Islamic Jihad leader Bassam al-Saadi yesterday. there is a shootout in the Jenin camp that resulted in the death of another Palestinian last night.

The Israeli army also announced earlier today a series of precautionary measures along the borders of the Gaza Strip. He closed major roads and axes in the south, fearing that Hamas would retaliate and launch rockets into towns along the Gaza border. The security official explained that “precautionary measures in the Gaza Strip were taken to prevent Islamic Jihad from dragging the region into an escalation.”

Security authorities have ordered Zikim Beach closed to visitors, train traffic between Ashkelon and Sderot has been suspended, and the Erez crossing has been closed to workers.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, announced after an overnight operation to arrest “the mobilization and alerting of our mujahideen and operational combat units in response to the call of duty in the face of the perfidious aggression that was recently subjected to in Jenin great leader Sheikh Bassam al-Saadi and his family.”

Israeli security forces arrested the high-ranking Islamic Jihad leader Bassam al-Saadi last night in the Jenin camp. The operation was carried out by members of the undercover unit of the border service and soldiers of the Golani brigade. The Ynet website confirmed that there were no casualties among Israeli soldiers.