Tag: Judea and Samaria
Almost 30 terrorists, including in Gaza, get Israeli gov’t benefits
Close to 30 Palestinian terrorists receive benefits from Israel’s National Insurance Institute, according to intelligence information uncovered by lawmaker Yulia Malinovsky (Yisrael Beiteinu) and made public by the Israel Hayom daily on Monday afternoon.
Last month, Welfare...
IDF attacks terrorists ‘deep in Jenin,’ thwarts attack
The Israel Defense Forces launched an intense counterterrorism operation deep inside the Samaria city of Jenin on Thursday, arresting one Palestinian suspect under the cover of airstrikes, the military said.
“Over the past hours, soldiers...
Shin Bet foils Hamas suicide bombing plot directed from Turkey
Israeli authorities earlier this year thwarted a large-scale suicide bombing attack directed by Hamas’s terrorist headquarters in Turkey, the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) revealed on Monday.
The security agency said it forces captured Anas...
Smotrich: Israel must take action against Samaria terrorists
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged immediate action on Wednesday after Palestinian terrorists fired on central Israel from northern Samaria for the second time this week.
“The terrorists in Judea and Samaria must be fought...
Hamas terrorists fire at central Israel from Samaria
Hamas on Monday published footage of masked terrorists opening fire with automatic weapons at Bat Hefer, an Israeli village east of Netanya that borders the Green Line with Samaria, Channel 12 News reported.
In the footage, two...
Knesset advances bill to define Judea townships as part of Negev
In a preliminary reading, the Knesset on Wednesday advanced a bill that would redefine the southernmost region of Judea as part of Israel’s Negev region, allowing the townships in the area, some of the...
Gallant ends 2005 disengagement restrictions in Samaria
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday approved the enactment of a bill repealing parts of the 2005 Disengagement Law, allowing Israelis to stay in three Samaria communities evacuated 19 years ago.
The 2005 disengagement led to...
Elite Israel Police officer dies of wounds sustained during Samaria raid
An Israeli Border Police officer wounded in Saturday night’s counterterror raid near the Samaria city of Tulkarem succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday.
Chief Inspector Yatev Lev Halevi, an officer from the Yamam National Counter-Terrorism...
Palestinian militias are resurgent in the northern West Bank
The new Palestinian Authority government headed by Mohammed Mustafa says it is planning financial and administrative reforms in its institutions as part of a U.S. plan to “revitalize” the P.A.
However, since the new P.A....
IDF Central Command head to leave army in August
Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox, head of the Israel Defense Forces Central Command, which covers Judea, Samaria, Jerusalem, the Sharon plain, Gush Dan (the Tel Aviv metropolitan area) and the Shephelah (the Judaean Foothills), will leave his post after...