Acts of terror are once again on the increase in Yehuda and Shomron, including shooting attacks against civilians.
A firebomb was hurled at a vehicle in Shomron on motzei Shabbos in the area of Itamar. Later in the night, a Benjamin Council Development Company bus was targeted by gunfire near Ofrah, also in Shomron. Another shooting attack against a bus from the area occurred a week earlier in the same location.
Benjamin Regional Council security officials report four shooting attacks in the past two weeks. In one of those attacks, a resident of Shvut Rachel was seriously wounded as he and his wife were traveling towards Kochav HaShachar.
Gershon Mesika, who heads the Shomron Regional Council, released a statement following the motzei Shabbos shooting attack near Itamar. �We thank Hashem for the miracle in Itamar. A soldier�s coat was hit by a sniper�s bullet but he was uninjured. The government encourages terrorism against soldiers and civilians by releasing terrorists and distributing weapons to terror organizations.�
In the Southern Chevron Hills, Arab rioted near Bet Merkachat Jct. A number of them were injured when soldiers used riot-control adjuncts to restore order in the area.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
