Judea and Samaria
In February, the government announced that nine communities in Judea and Samaria would get official status.
Elisha Yered was released while Yehiel Indore will remain in custody after a police appeal.
The bus was traveling along Route 465 when it was fired upon from a passing vehicle.
A PFLP activist recruited Palestinians in Judea and Samaria to carry out attacks.
Australian Jewish groups slammed the decision as “inaccurate, ahistorical and counterproductive.”
Six times in the last three months, Palestinian terror groups have tried to launch rockets against Jewish communities in Samaria. Generals Uzi Dayan and Gadi Shamni, and former head of Israel’s Homa Missile Defense Organization Uzi Rubin, strongly recommend to “kill it off at birth.”
The second suspect in the case has been released to house arrest, the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court said.
The incident comes amid a sharp increase in terror attacks across Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem.
Asked why Foggy Bottom called an attack under investigation in Israel a terrorist incident, a spokesman said: “The thinking is that it was a terror attack, and we are concerned about it, and that’s why we called it that.”
Additional arrests are expected as the investigation into Friday’s confrontation continues.
Kosai Ma’atan, 19, was killed after attack on Jewish shepherd.
A total of 13 wanted terrorism suspects were apprehended in Judea and Samaria overnight.
