Israeli sources have reported on Tuesday evening, October 15, that Israeli soldiers located a breach in the fence of Shomron settlement, west of the northern West Bank city of Nablus.The sources said that the army ordered the settlers to remain home, until the military concludes a search campaign in the settlement and around it to examine the nature of the breach, and whether Palestinians managed to infiltrate into the settlement.

In related news, soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian youth allegedly as he was trying to cross the border area with Jordan, in the Dead Sea area.

Initial investigations revealed that the Palestinian is not affiliated with any resistance group; he was moved to a Police station for interrogation.