Molotov cocktails: Suspicious of balloons in Sderot, Lachish and Ashkelon beach

High alert in the security system in the West Bank and in the Temple Mount area in Jerusalem, following the security escalation that was expressed yesterday in two shootings and an overdrive in Jerusalem and Samaria. In the meantime, the hunt continued for the terrorist who carried out the attack on the Dolev settlement.

Israeli police terrorists were alerted this morning (Friday) following suspected balloons located in the city of Sderot, the Lachish Regional Council and the Ashkelon Coastal Regional Council, to which a suspicious object is attached. The balloon landing was also called to the police saboteur and the area was closed until careful and professional care was taken to remove the risk from the object. Road 3 at the Nir Yisrael-Hodia intersection was closed to traffic until the handling of a suspicious object that was apparently detached from the balloons was completed. Israeli police are on the scene and are directing traffic.

Yesterday’s wave of attacks began at about 2 pm in an overdrive attack on a group of Golani soldiers who arrived in the area of ​​the station complex in Jerusalem as part of a heritage tour, the evening before their inauguration ceremony. As the soldiers crossed the road, a private vehicle approached the terrorist and struck them violently. Twelve soldiers were injured, one of them seriously injured and this morning his condition was reported to have improved slightly.

Following extensive scans conducted by the IDF, the Shin Bet and the IDF, the terrorist, Sand al-Turman, 25, from East Jerusalem, was arrested. In the last post he posted before the attack, he wrote: “I found my answers.” Picture of East Jerusalem and wrote: “Separating is sometimes a way of saying: I love you.”

The second attack was in the Old City of Jerusalem, around 12 noon. Shadi Bana, a 44-year-old flower salesman from Haifa, approached police and Border Fighters and opened fire at them. Border fighter was lightly wounded. The force returned fire and killed the terrorist. Large ISA and police forces attacked the street where the Banna florist is located. They stopped to investigate several members of his family, including his brothers. Residents in Haifa’s residential street knew the perpetrator and wondered what he had done. .

Neighbors said he had converted to Islam recently. “I saw him caressing street cats and feeding them last night. He did not behave strangely at all,” said one neighbor.

About two and a half hours later another terrorist opened fire at the IDF force on Route 463 in the Benjamin area, near the Dolev settlement, and lightly wounded the IDF fighter. The IDF responded with fire and launched its pursuit.

Following the terrorist incidents, a meeting to assess the situation was convened in Jerusalem, headed by Minister of Public Security Gilad Arden and Deputy Police Chief of Staff Motti Cohen, and with the participation of the Jerusalem District Commander, Doron Yadid. At the end, the commander-in-chief decided to increase police forces and police operations throughout the country, especially in Jerusalem.

Scenic attack scene, Photo: Union Rescue

An incident in Jenin

Following the wave of terror and the ongoing clashes between the Palestinians in the Judea and Samaria fighters, the military and political echelons decided to intensify forces in the Judea and Samaria and the IDF will be on high alert. Soothe the area, in discourse with the Palestinian security forces. This was after a Palestinian police officer was killed by IDF fire at night, apparently due to a mistake in identifying the fighters. The incident happened during a terrorist house demolition operation.

IDF force re-enters the house of terrorist Mahmoud Conbe, who belonged to the terror squad that killed Rabbi Raziel Shabach near Gilead Farm in January 2018. The house was demolished that year, but was recently rebuilt. Movement members, IDF observers spotted groups of armed terrorists ambushing them.

The gunmen opened fire and threw charges at the forces. Special forces that provided cladding have hit some of the gunmen. At the same time, a Palestinian police officer was also killed by IDF fire. The IDF reported that a 19-year-old cadet belonging to the Palestinian security forces participating in the shooting and throwing explosives at the security forces was shot dead.

The escalation continues in the Gaza Strip as well. Last night, two mortar shells were fired at Israeli territory. In response, the Air Force attacked Hamas’ underground targets. Yesterday, blast balloons were launched into Israeli territory.

Hamas called for escalation of clashes in the territories. “The resistance of the Palestinian people from the South West to the North, including the resistance in the heart of occupied Jerusalem, is our people’s practical response to the Trump deal, which came to eliminate the Palestinian issue,” the statement said.