Binyamin Regional Council
“We value the security services, and it is important to us that they draw lessons from this incident for the future,” the bereaved father says.
The terrorist is suspected of hiding an improvised explosive under a PLO flag he planted alongside Route 458.
Achimeir’s body was found by a drone following a 24-hour-long search.
The victims were identified as Uria Hartum,16, and Yitzchak Zeiger, 57.
The victim was attempting to remove a PLO flag planted on the side of the road when the bomb exploded.
The Israel Defense Forces was continuing to search for the perpetrators.
Security forces opened a manhunt for the terrorist.
A woman attempted to stab Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint.
Sgt. First Class Ilay David Garfinkel, 21, was killed in the attack, and six other soldiers were wounded.
Aviad Gizbar, who owns a hummus restaurant at a gas station in Eli, shot and killed the attacker, preventing further bloodshed.
The solidarity trip to Samaria was part of the Israel Allies Foundation’s Annual Chairman’s Conference.
Sde Yonatan and Or Meir have repeatedly been evacuated in the past, most recently in December.
