Judea and Samaria
Authorities have stepped up action on hundreds of Palestinian boys whom criminals bring in illegally to risk everything for handouts on busy roads.
Military prosecutors say Abed Alkarim Snobar conspired with several other defendants to plant multiple explosive devices on buses near Tel Aviv in February.
The Knesset advanced two bills to extend sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition.
Some 165,700 shekels (over $50,000) in terrorist funds were also confiscated in the operation.
Tzeela Gez, 30, was murdered while on the way to deliver her fourth son, Ravid Haim, who briefly survived the attack.
Security chiefs say the porous barrier and gaps in surveillance enable some 40,000 PA residents to enter Israel every month.
While the Netanyahu government has led an unprecedented drive to expand Israel’s control of the territories, his ruling Likud party did not support either bill, as they were put forward by opposition parties.
“We will not be like our cruel enemies,” said Judea and Samaria District chief Cmdr. Moshe Pinchi.
“At last, I’m here with all of the people of Israel,” the former hostage told supporters in his hometown of Shiloh.
To ease the burden on reservists, the IDF will reinforce the Judea and Samaria sector with additional active-duty battalions, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said.
“Within seconds, they can turn their guns on us,” security official tells JNS.
The attack marked the third such incident in as many days.
