Five Israeli Border Police officers were injured during a counter-terrorism operation in Samaria Thursday morning, the Israeli military said. The five officers were injured when an explosive device detonated while Israeli security forces were engaged in a firefight with Palestinian terrorists in a refugee camp adjacent the city of Tulkarem in western Samaria before dawn Thursday.
IDF soldiers and Border Police officers entered the camp overnight as part of an arrest operation to apprehend a wanted terrorist.
Rioters attacked the security forces with stones and firebombs, prompting the security personnel to respond with crowd dispersal techniques, including the use of smoke grenades.
Shortly thereafter, a terrorist shooting attack was reported outside of the Israeli town of Avnei Hefetz in Samaria.
“We hold Iran directly responsible for the wave of terrorism in Judea and Samaria, in encouraging and financing murderous operations against the citizens of Israel.”
Israel knows who is responsible and acts accordingly to defend itself. Now the US must come to its senses and remember who they are dealing with. The US needs to stop enriching Iran with sanctions relief, stop paying outrageous sums puportedly in exchange for the release of prisoners which only encourages the taking of more prisoners, and stop attempting to get into what will surely be disastrous deals with Iran. These necessary actions will remove the Iranian threat for not only Israel, but the US as well.