JERUSALEM (VINnews) — After nearly five hours of fighting, security forces succeeded in eliminating a terrorist responsible who opened fire at a minibus in the Binyamin Region, near the towns of Dolev and Talmon. It is believed that the terrorist was eliminated by an attack helicopter. The region has dense forestation and the terrorist used this to hide from security forces.
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One person was critically injured, two were seriously injured, one was moderately injured, and three were lightly injured in the terrorist attack. The victims were evacuated to Beilinson Hospital and Sheba Medical Center.
The terrorist has been identified as Majhad Mansour from the village of Dir Ibzia near Ramallah. He was a member of the PA security forces and had even previously served as a member of Abu Mazen’s personal bodyguard corps.
Binyamin Regional Council Governor Israel Ganz, who arrived at the scene, said that: “The shootout with the terrorists is still ongoing. Since the beginning of this war we have been warning about exactly what is happening here. We have been asking for both increased security forces and more importantly for an increase in counterattacks against the local villages. There is no difference between Gaza and Judea and Samaria. We must strike at the terrorists inside their towns and villages.”
“The military and civilian security forces here are fighting shoulder to shoulder.”
The “Protecting Our Home” Forum, comprised of Binyamin Region residents, said, “Unfortunately, the IDF did not provide a sufficient enough response. It is inacceptable that we should not be able to achieve security on a short part of the road in a region which Israel has full security control over.”
“It is incomprehensible that during Ramadan, we should work hard to open roads for Arabs and endanger ourselves. In order to preserve their routine, we do not block the entrances to the villages, instead we allow them freedom of movement. We saw the results of that this morning.”
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