Binyamin Regional Council
Work on the project, which is part of a larger plan to expand Route 60 from Jerusalem toward northern Samaria, is set to start later this year.
The bomb, which was planted inside a gas cylinder, contained more than 100 pounds of explosive material.
There were no casualties in the incident, which Yisrael Ganz, the head of the Binyamin Regional Council, called a “great miracle.”
“The Jewish towns in Judea and Samaria are essential to the Jewish People and Israel’s security,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said.
Petty Officer David Moshe Ben Shitrit was hit by shrapnel when an Iron Dome interceptor missile exploded above his patrol boat.
The victim, a Jewish teenager, was run over by an Arab driver near Givat Asaf in Samaria on Aug. 11 while protesting against terrorism.
The incident took place on a main highway some nine miles north of Jerusalem.
The three men, reportedly from Jabalia, north of Gaza City, were arrested near Ofra, 55 miles northeast of the Strip.
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The IDF stressed that there was no security incident and the infiltrator is believed to be mentally ill.
Israeli forces arrest a man suspected of trying to start a fire in Binyamin.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill express support for the stance.
