[1][2][3] The operation is part of the ongoing inter-Palestinian conflict between the PA and local militias in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that began in 2022 and escalated during the Israel-Hamas war (2023–present) and its spillover into the region.

[5] Militants also targeted the headquarters of the Palestinian Civil Police Force in al-Fara'a camp near Tubas with gunfire.

Security forces entered Tubas in civilian vehicles and ambushed militant positions in the center of the city.

Some young men who were not part of the Tubas Battalion but allegedly provided assistance to them were arrested by the security forces.

[9] Security forces opened fire on residents who were organizing a vigil for the recently killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.