The IDF's Southern Command is prepared for "any developments" following the rearrest of Islamic Jihad member Muhammad Allan, security sources said Thursday.
However, there are no concrete indications of an impending security escalation from Gaza, according to army evaluations.
The IDF deployed an Iron Dome anti-rocket battery on the outskirts of the southern city of Ashdod, Channel 10 reported on Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has declared this coming Friday to be "a day of rage" in response to recent unrest on the Temple Mount.
Palestinians launched riots on the Temple Mount and in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this week.
Last week, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon issued a decree outlawing violent Islamist radical groups from entering the holy site.
Muhammad Allan, a member of Islamic Jihad who went on a life-threatening hunger strike until the High Court of Justice suspended his administrative detention last month, was rearrested on Wednesday as he exited Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon after being restored to health. He has threatened to resume his strike if replaced in administrative detention.
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