Judea and Samaria
Security forces protecting the delegation came under fire and identified a suspect placing an explosive device nearby, which detonated.
Shalom Sofer was stabbed as he exited a store in al-Funduq, a Palestinian town near Kedumim.
The closures went into effect at 12:01 a.m. and will continue until 11:59 p.m., barring unforeseen security developments, according to the Israeli military.
“The Israeli occupation is what started it all, and everything is derived from it,” says lawmaker Ofer Cassif from the predominantly Arab political party.
While the Palestinian Authority may play the victim at the U.N., in Jenin and Nablus it praises terrorists, Gilad Erdan tells the Security Council.
Former defense official tells JNS that rising terrorism in Judea and Samaria is a symptom of the Palestinian Authority edging towards chaos.
According to NGO Regavim, 5,535 new illegal Palestinian structures have been built in Area C of the West Bank during Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s tenure.
One of the suspects was identified as Muhammad al-Nabulsi, the brother of terrorist Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, aka “the Lion of Nablus,” who was killed by Israeli forces in August.
The terrorist was caught in the town of al-Funduq in Samaria.
Over 1,500 suspects and 350 weapons seized in ‘Operation Break the Wave,’ source tells JNS.
Further, on Sunday, a senior member of the Nablus-based terror group Lions’ Den was reportedly killed in a motorcycle explosion.
“It’s a shame to invest in a place that, at the end of the day, won’t be part of Israel,” says Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli.
