Despite the pause declared by Benjamin Netanyahu, both sides expect the battle over the future of Israel’s judiciary to reignite soon.

Immediately after the prime minister’s statement, the head of the country’s largest trade union said it would call off a general strike that threatened to grind Israel’s economy to a halt.

Tuesday’s raid was the latest in a string of deadly arrest operations by the Israeli military in the northern West Bank, as violence surges to its highest levels in years.

Israel sent hundreds more troops to the northern West Bank to restore calm after Sunday’s violence.

The raid, which reduced a building to rubble and left a series of shops riddled with bullets, was one of the bloodiest battles in nearly a year of fighting in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

The proposed changes have triggered weeks of mass demonstrations, drawn cries of protests from influential business leaders and former military men.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint amid a spike in violence that has put the region on edge

Despite his political comeback, he remains on trial for charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes in three corruption cases.