Suspected shooting attack: An Israeli was slightly injured this evening (Sunday) by gunfire during a demonstration that took place near the site of the attack between Itamar and Alon Mora.
The head of the Samaria Council Yossi Dagan protected protesters with his body and fired in the air.
The head of the council Dagan said shortly before the attack during the demonstration: "The residents of Judea and Samaria are being abandoned, the residents of Tel Aviv are being abandoned, we demand Operation Protective Wall 2."
The demonstration before the attack
Minutes before the attack, hundreds of people arrived at the Shomron Brigade square in front of Nablus and demanded that security be restored.
The words of the head of the Samaria Council at the demonstration, moments before the shooting // Photo: Samaria Regional Council
Among those present were the head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan, the Rabbi of Samaria Rabbi Lebanon, the chairman of Alon Mora Yehuda Meisel, and the survivors of the attack Shimon Sebag and Elazar.
The survivors of this morning's shooting attack in Samaria held a memorial service.
Shimon, the taxi driver who was injured, said: "There could be six orphans here now. Until when? The Minister of Defense is abandoning our security and that of every Israeli."
Council head Dagan added: "We are in the midst of a terrorist wave from the terrorist Palestinian Authority, and our government, instead of fighting terrorism, confiscating the weapons, returning the checkpoints, is sending talkbacks as the last of the pensioners in the State of Israel.
"We have come here and we are telling the government clearly - you are failing, you are abandoning all the residents of the State of Israel, we demand Operation Protective Wall 2 now!
"Two weeks ago it was in Tel Aviv, this morning it was in Samaria and tomorrow everywhere in the State of Israel, this government, for obvious political reasons, does not collect the weapons, does not launch an operation against the Palestinian Authority which organizes it just like Hamas, and does not act against the instigators who are happy after attacks , how come the shops in Hawara are not closed after an attack, how come Nablus is not closed after an attack? Because this government is abandoning us and I say clearly to the government that you should not think that if you abandon us it will end here, because the attack was here today and tomorrow, God forbid, it will be somewhere else and all of Israel is responsible for each other Also here, both in Tel Aviv and in Jerusalem, and we will not be silent to you, we will shout and turn the table in front of you because we demand a protective wall 2 now!
"And I tell you, in this detached government, one thing should be clear to you - we will never settle in Samaria, and with us the whole people of Israel, we will not lower our heads, we will build, we will travel, and we will win here in Samaria, because this land is ours and we will win despite the disgraceful conduct of This government, the people of Israel lives."
Survivor of the attack Shimon Sebag: "If Elazar had not protected me with his bus, things could have ended differently, we are talking about a hero here."
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