Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended condolences to the families of those killed in Monday’s terror shooting near the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq in northern Samaria.
“My wife and I send heartfelt condolences to the families of the three people who were murdered in the terrible attack this morning, and wishes for a full recovery to those who were wounded,” Netanyahu said.
“We will find the abhorrent murderers and settle accounts with them and with all those who aided them. No one will get away,” he added.
Seven people were wounded in the attack, which sparked a massive manhunt for the gunmen.
“Anyone who seeks to end the war in Gaza [via such attacks] will receive a war in Judea and Samaria,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich emphasized that terror in Judea and Samaria, Gaza, and Iran is interconnected and must be decisively defeated.
“The concept is still here, and it is costing precious blood,” he tweeted.
“Anyone who relies on the Palestinian Authority to secure the safety of Israeli citizens is waking up to a morning where terrorists are again slaughtering Jewish residents. Funduk, Nablus and Jenin must look like Jabaliya, so that Kfar Saba does not, God forbid, become Gaza,” he wrote.
“I demand that the prime minister urgently convene the Cabinet today for a discussion on changing the strategy and for a real elimination of terror in Judea and Samaria,” he concluded.
Opposition leader and head of the Yesh Atid Party Yair Lapid responded critically to Smotrich’s remarks, tweeting: “You are the government. You are responsible. The concept is yours. It was yours on Oct. 7. It has been yours for the past 20 years. You are the ones leading Israel from disaster to disaster. And then you complain as if you have no connection to it.”