Posted on 04/05/22
| News Source: JPost
Security forces have thwarted 15 terrorist attacks in the West Bank and sovereign Israel, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday during a visit to IDF’s Judea and Samaria headquarters on the outskirts of El-Bireh.
He provided an overview of efforts to thwart additional violence in the aftermath of last month’s three terrorist attacks – one by a Palestinian gunman and two by Arab-Israeli gunmen – that claimed 11 lives.
Bennett also disavowed accusations of a settlement freeze and downplayed the significance of the security barrier in preventing terrorist attacks.
Last month’s violence was a “wake-up call,” Bennett said, as he pledged to make up for the “neglect and procrastination” of past governments with respect to this threat.
“Security forces have arrested 207 suspects and raided dozens of homes,” said Bennett, adding that they have also located 400 “suspects or people who have had some connection with ISIS or extremist jihad organizations.”