Israeli Forces Apprehend Another Terrorist Connected To The Murder Of Rabbi Shevach HY’D

Israeli security forces continued their intensive activities in the city of Jenin in the village of Burqin in order to locate one of the suspects in the shooting attack near Gilad Farm that claimed the life of Rabbi Raziel Shevach HY”D.

During the night, IDF forces detained a suspected collaborator who assisted the perpetrators of the attack, and the IDF, together with the security forces, said that it would continue to act against anyone who assisted the wanted person in any way and would continue to act to protect the security of the residents of Israel.

In the wake of an attempted lynching of an Israeli civilian who inadvertently entered the village of Abu Dis in the area of the Etzion Regional Brigade on Friday night, IDF forces, the Border Police, the Shin Bet and the Israel Police launched an operation in the village and arrested six residents suspected of participating in violence.

Terrorists burned the vehicle of an Israeli who inadvertently entered the village of Abu Dis. He was fortunate to have escaped moments before the vehicle was set on fire.

At the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, 1 Shevat, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu added, “A few minutes ago, I spoke with Yael, the widow of Rabbi Raziel Shevach. I told her that the entire nation and all members of Cabinet embrace her and the children in their time of grief; I also asked her to hug the children for us.

“I told her that our policy is being carried out in two spheres. First, exacting justice. Yesterday our forces were again in action in an effort to apprehend the last of the assassins and their accomplices in the murder of Rabbi Shevach. We will not rest until we bring them to justice. And we will bring them all to justice.

“Our second policy guideline is to strengthen settlement. Whoever thinks that through the reprehensible murder of a resident of Gilad Farm, a father of six, that he can break our spirit and weaken us, is making a bitter mistake.

“Today, the government will provide for the status of Gilad Farm in order to facilitate orderly life there. For the murderers – exacting justice. To those who sanctify death, we will sanctify life. This is the essence of the government’s policy.”

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)