The IDF conducted a series of overnight operations on Monday, January 11, which included the discovery of an M16 rifle and other military equipment.

During one of the operations, the IDF combat engineering branch mapped the home of the terrorist Ali Mahmad Akab Mahmad from the village of Jadeidi-Makr located east of Acre in northern Israel. Mahmad attempted to carry out a stabbing attack on January 9 at a checkpoint near the Etzion bloc junction.