US envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt condemns the “brutal” attacks at the Ariel Junction earlier today in which an Israeli solider was killed and two others seriously injured.

In posts to Twitter, Greenblatt says the US “condemn[s] today’s brutal attack by a Palestinian terrorist who murdered at least 1 Israeli & injured others near Ariel.”

In a follow up post, Greenblatt says “disgustingly, but not surprisingly, Hamas & Palestinian Islamic Jihad welcomed the attack & no doubt the Palestinian Authority will reward the terrorist under its pay for slay policy.”

Read more at Times of Israel.