Defense and Security
Border Police officers arrested the suspect, 17, during an operation near Bethlehem.
A source familiar with the matter confirmed the broadcast of the music to JNS.
“I was given the privilege of receiving the light of his eyes,” said IDF Lt. Shily Leibovitch.
Wael Mahmoud Abd al-Halim died in a precision overnight strike in Baalbek, the IDF said.
The incursion was said to be the fourth within 24 hours and the 14th since the Bashan Pioneers group was founded.
“The challenges faced by lone soldiers are far more difficult than those of a soldier who grew up in Israel,” Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli said.
The P.A. chief “admitted again” to paying terrorists, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
The gunman posed an immediate threat and was targeted in a precision strike, the military said.
Jerusalem will not allow “any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza,” the Foreign Ministry said.
“A terrorist who murders Jews must know that the outcome will not be a prisoner release deal,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said.
The kingdom said it “reserves the right to respond at the appropriate time and place.”
Three others were also hurt when an explosive device detonated.
