Israel-Gaza updates: Protest erupts in Tel Aviv over cease-fire, hostage deal

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has framed the unfolding West Bank operation as another front in the country’s showdown with Iran, suggesting Israel should "deal with the threat just as we deal with the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza."

"Iran is working to establish an eastern terrorist front against Israel in the West Bank, according to the Gaza and Lebanon model, by financing and arming terrorists and smuggling advanced weapons from Jordan," Katz wrote in a post on X.

Katz said Israel should take "whatever steps are required," including "the temporary evacuation of Palestinian residents."

"This is a war for everything and we must win it," he added.

-ABC News’ Joe Simonetti

The IDF overnight widened a major military operation in the northern part of the West Bank, attacking from the air and from the ground using tanks and bulldozers, ABC News has learned.

The targets of the raid are Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas. The IDF has described the ongoing operation as an “extensive operation to counter terrorism” and to “thwart Islamic-Iranian terrorist infrastructures.”

Reports indicate that nine Palestinians have so far been killed, though that number could rise. The IDF has reportedly ordered Palestinians to evacuate from the three targets locations, with troops also entering a hospital in the area.

The raid is believed to be the first operation by the IDF targeting several cities at once since the Second Intifada, which ran from 2000 to 2005.

-ABC News’ Joe Simonetti

Israel Defense Forces said it launched an "operation to counter terrorism" in the northern West Bank overnight Tuesday.

"The security forces have now begun an operation to counter terrorism in Jenin and Tulkarm in the Menashe division," the IDF said in a statement.

Qaid Farhan Alkadi, the hostage rescued from a tunnel in Gaza, is in "good condition," but will remain in the hospital for "another day or two of medical tests to make sure he is still OK," Shlomi Codish, the CEO of Soroka Medical Center, said during a press conference Tuesday.

Alkadi is being treated at the Soroka Medical Center after being rescued by Israeli forces.

"He underwent initial evaluation in our emergency department. He appears to be in general good condition, but will require another day or two of medical tests to make sure he is still OK. We are ecstatic with his family. Watching him unite with his children, his brothers, was a heartwarming moment for all of us and we hope to be able to experience such moments with many more returned captives here at Soroka Medical Center," Codish said, according to Reuters.