Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has warned against Iranian interference during his visit to the occupied West Bank.
“We will not allow the Iranians and Hezbollah to harm us,” said Mr Gallant, who Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to dismiss last week.
“We have not allowed it in the past, we won’t allow it now, or anytime in the future,”
Mr Gallant visited an army brigade in the West Bank on Sunday.
During his visit, Mr Gallant was also informed about an investigation into a Palestinian motorist, who was shot down by the Israeli military on Saturday, after he drove his car into a group of soldiers in the West Bank.
Mr Netanyahu announced Mr Gallant's dismissal a week ago after he spoke out against the pace of the government's hotly contested judicial reforms.
The announcement set off unprecedented street protests in Israel and international condemnation.
Mr Gallant has yet to receive a formal dismissal letter from the Prime Minister.
Mr Netanyahu's religious-nationalist coalition government has since moved to pause the judicial reforms.
Palestinian killed in West Bank
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Monday that a Palestinian was killed and another critically wounded by Israeli forces during a dawn raid in the West Bank city of Nablus.
The two were seriously injured during clashes with the forces during the raid, the Ministry of Health told Wafa.
Ahmed Jibril, director of ambulance and emergency at the Red Crescent in Nablus, said one of the injured people was taken to Rafidia Governmental Hospital and was later declared dead.
Medical relief teams transferred the other to Nablus Speciality Hospital.
Mr Jibril said the forces also attacked the hospital with gas bombs.
Israeli forces said they arrested two citizens during the raids, which took place across the city.
The death toll in Nablus has risen to 93, including 17 children and a woman, since the beginning of the year.
Israeli air strikes in Syria
Meanwhile, Israeli air strikes hit several sites in Syria's Homs province early on Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported.
Hours later, the Israeli military said it shot down an “aircraft” that crossed from Syria into their airspace.
In Iran, state media reported that an Iranian adviser who was wounded in an Israeli strike on Friday died of his wounds.
Since the start of Syria's conflict in March 2011, Iran has been a main supporter of President Bashar Al Assad's government.
Sunday's strike marked the ninth time Israel has struck targets in Syria since the beginning of the year, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-linked war monitor.
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Israeli police disperse demonstrators blocking a road in Tel Aviv during a protest against plans by the government to overhaul the judicial system. AP -
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Demonstrations erupted in January after the coalition government announced its package of changes. AFP -
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Plans to hand more control to politicians and diminish the role of the court have been questioned by Israel’s allies including the US. AFP -
Protesters with placards of Prime Minister Netanyahu saying 'We will not forget, we will not forgive'. EPA
Israeli-Palestinian tensions are simmering after months of violence in areas of Jerusalem and the West Bank. Tensions are also simmering with Syria, Iran and with Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah.
“All our fronts are tense. The Iranians are extending their outreach to [the West Bank] and Gaza, and are attempting to entrench themselves in Syria and Lebanon,” said Mr Gallant.
