Once again Yad Hashem is visible to all as there were no fatalities or injuries in two separate terror attacks in Shomron on Sunday 5 Elul. In one attack a bomb was placed at a bus stop in at Tapuach Junction, an extremely busy area bus stop and hitchhiking post.

In the second attack two pipe bombs were hurled a Gat Junction near the northern Shomron community of Kedumim.

There is a marked increase in acts of terrorism against motorists and military personnel throughout Yehuda and Shomron over recent weeks. One area that is becoming particularly troublesome is the Hussan Bypass Road near the community of Betar Illit. Over Shabbos violence was reported in Hebron as there were numerous stone-throwing attacks aimed at Beit Romano. One Jew was injured in an Arab attack on the Tarpat Road in Hebron on Shabbos. In the Binyamin area of Shomron, a bomb was discovered in the Alon Road. There were also widespread reports of rock-throwing attacks in the Hebron/Kiryat Arba areas on erev Shabbos.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)