Defense and Security
The shooting was a “brazen act of cowardly, antisemitic violence,” said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
“I wanted to present a framework for healing, unity and resilience,” he says.
The victims had planned to get engaged in Jerusalem next week. The shooter yelled “Free, free Palestine” as he was taken into custody.
Southern Israeli cities are shaking “not because of Hamas missiles but the magnitude of IDF fire,” the Israeli prime minister said.
“The government is neither authorized nor permitted to act contrary to the law,” wrote Supreme Court President Yitzhak Amit.
Israel’s Magen David Adom medical emergency response group said it received “no calls regarding either [rocket] impacts or injuries.”
“Anyone who spits on a soldier is a terrorist!” wrote Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Nael Samara was killed during an IDF counter-terrorism operation in the Palestinian village of Bruqin.
“When an enemy sees hesitation and doesn’t pay a heavy price, he keeps going and grows stronger,” said Binyamin Regional Council head Israel Ganz.
The military said the attack aimed to disrupt the Lebanese terrorist group’s efforts to rebuild its missile-production infrastructure.
The delegation entered an active combat zone without approval, the Israeli military stated, adding that no casualties were reported in the incident.
Activists accused Israel of “national suicide” for continuing humanitarian shipments while hostages remain in the hands of Hamas.
