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Soldiers guard a bus stop at the entrance to the Israeli town of Ofra in southern Samaria, Oct. 4, 2022. Credit: Flash90.

IDF arrests, then releases, infiltrators from Gaza in Samaria

The three men, reportedly from Jabalia, north of Gaza City, were arrested near Ofra, 55 miles northeast of the Strip.

Aug. 7, 2024

Israeli forces at the scene of an attempted infiltration of Ofra in northern Samaria, Nov. 7, 2023. Credit: Binyamin Regional Council.

Armed terrorist attempts to infiltrate Samaria town

The terrorist fled after being fired on by Israeli forces • Binyamin Regional Council head warns attempted infiltrations will be met with lethal force.

Nov. 7, 2023

Israeli soldiers guard a bus station at the entrance to the Israeli community of Ofra, Oct. 4, 2022. Credit: Flash90.

Terrorists fire on Israeli army post in northern Samaria

The attack near Ofra comes a day after four Israelis were killed in a terror attack in Eli, 12 miles to the north.

June 21, 2023

Nearly 1,000 people attended the funeral of Israeli yeshivah student and IDF recruit Dvir Sorek, 19, in the Jewish settlement of Ofra on Aug. 8, 2019. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

IDF forces apprehend Palestinian man connected to Israeli teen stabbing death

The suspect has been identified as Ammar Thawabteh, 29, of the Palestinian village of Beit Fajjar. His role in the attack is still unknown.

Aug. 9, 2019

Illustrative: Israeli undercover troops arrest a Palestinian man during a protest in the West Bank City of Ramallah against U.S. President Donald Trump's latest decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Dec. 13, 2017. Photo by Flash90.

IDF arrests mother of Arab brothers who carried out two bus-stop shootings

The mother of two brothers who carried out terror attacks within days of each other in December was arrested by the Israeli army, according to reports in Arab media.

Feb. 5, 2019

Wedding photo of Amichai and Shira Ish-Ran, married earlier this year. Both were injured in a drive-by shooting by a Palestinian terrorist at a bus stop outside of the Jewish community of Ofra on Dec. 9, 2018. Courtesy of the family.

Shira and Amichai Ish-Ran released from the hospital after terror attack

The couple wounded in a drive-by shooting, who lost their newborn baby, were released from Shaarei Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on Monday, exactly one month to the day after the attack.

Jan. 9, 2019

Amichai and Shira Ish-Ran were injured in a drive-by shooting by a Palestinian terrorist at a bus stop outside of the Jewish community of Ofra on Dec. 9, 2018. Shira, 30 weeks pregnant, lost the baby four days later after an emergency C-section at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

Couple who lost baby in shooting say terrorists ‘won’t break us’

"Our son managed to unite all of us during the three days he was alive," says Amichai Ish-Ran.

Yori Yalon and Lilach Shoval

Dec. 17, 2018

Friends and family members mourn during the funeral of Israeli soldier Yosef Cohen at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem, on Dec. 14, 2018. Sgt. Yosef Cohen and Sgt. Yuval Mor Yosef were killed in a shooting terror attack at the entrance to the Israeli town of Givat Asaf in southern Samaria the day beforehand. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Two IDF soldiers laid to rest, another two hospitalized in serious condition after attacks

Sgts. Yosef Cohen and Yuval Mor Yosef were laid to rest in separate funerals that day after being shot and killed by a Palestinian.

Dec. 14, 2018

Israeli soldiers conduct a search for Palestinian suspects of a terror attack in the West Bank City of Ramallah on Dec. 10, 2018. Six Israelis were injured in the drive-by shooting attack near Ofra the night before, on Dec. 9, 2018. Photo by Flash90.

IDF soldiers in serious condition from head wounds after second round of attacks

A Palestinian man infiltrated an IDF army post outside the town of Beit El on Friday morning, bashing the head of an Israeli soldier with a rock and seriously injuring him before fleeing to a nearby Arab enclave.

Dec. 14, 2018