Arab rioters reached the Trans-Binyamin Highway, a major road in the area that connects East Binyamin and West Binyamin near the communities of Ateret and Neve Tzuf, and blocked it for more than three hours by throwing stones and Molotov cocktails.
Documentation: The road after the rioters left | Binyamin Spokesperson
"A sovereign state and an army cannot allow enemies and rioters to cut off a main road like this," said Binyamin Council head Israel Gantz. "The message conveyed tonight to the Arabs of the region is dangerous and encourages the rioters and terrorists. The IDF had to disperse the rioters by any means and guard the main road. Unfortunately, the message sent tonight to the Arabs of the region is dangerous and may deteriorate the security situation."
The road near Binyamin after the dispersal of the Arab rioters, photo: Binyamin Spokesperson's Office
Gantz added: "I spoke with the commanders of the area and reflected the severity of the case. I demanded a comprehensive investigation, at the end of which conclusions would ensure that such an incident would not happen again."
Counterterrorism operation
At the same time, throughout the night, three units of IDF forces operated in the city of Nablus in several neighborhoods - the third night in a row in Samaria after the attack, whose offensive activity was at its peak.
IDF, Shin Bet and Border Police fighters detained six wanted Palestinians in Judea and Samaria tonight; Three of them are in an operation to thwart terrorism in Nablus. In a joint operation of the security forces tonight, IDF and Border Police fighters, under the direction of the Shin Bet, operated in several neighborhoods in Nablus for a counterterrorism operation, during which they arrested three wanted persons, interrogated a number of suspects and searched buildings
IDF and ISA activity tonight in Nablus, photo: IDF Spokesperson
On the night of the attack (Tuesday), Magellan and Egoz units that arrived to reinforce in the Samaria sector carried out a counterterrorism operation in the village of Urif, from which the two terrorists arrived - in the operation the two houses of the terrorists were mapped by a diamond unit, four wanted men were arrested, houses were searched and a lathe for manufacturing weapons was destroyed.
On Wednesday night, despite nationalist crime incidents that the brigade had to deal with, the offensive activity continued, and our forces – the Givati Patrol and the Diamond Unit – went in to demolish the house of the other terrorist who carried out the attack in which the soldier Ido Baruch was killed.
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