31 Aug 2023, Modiin, Israel: A car-ramming terrorist has been apprehended after attacking pedestrians on the side of the highway in Modiin, which is considered part of Judea and Samaria, thus, “disputed territory” by the majority of nations at this time.
Thus, the worst terrorist violence since the 2000-2005 timeframe continues with a new car ramming attack this morning.
“Tehran is pushing Hezbollah to launch attacks on Israel; Jerusalem worried Security Council will restrict UNIFIL’s activity along frontier;” Jerusalem Post, 30 Aug 2023 pg 1.
25 Aug 2023, Samaria: The city of Kfar Kassem is near me, and I often shop there.
Lod is a city near the airport. It’s a mixed Arab and Jewish city. Whereas Kfar Kassem is a pure Arab Muslim Israeli city. In both cities, all residents have Israeli citizenship, ID cards, voting rights and privileges.
“Police arrest 4 Arab Israelis for Hezbollah ties;” Jerusalem Post, 25 Aug 2023 pg 1.
Hezbollah (aka Hez b’Allah, “party of god,”) is an Iran-backed terrorist organization with the parliamentary and governmental control of Lebanon.
24 Aug 2023, Jerusalem: Prime Minister Netanyahu, together with cabinet leaders, have issued an order to the Shin Bet, Israel’s Secret Service, to confront the spate of political killings among the Arab Israeli population. This is significant and the Shin Bet has jumped at the chance to fulfill this order.
“Shin Bet to join battle against rising Arab-Israeli murder rate; Agency instructed to target crime groups said to be behind onslaught;” Jerusalem Post, 24 Aug 2023, pg 1.
23 Aug 2023, Jerusalem: Israel’s government recognizes that Iran funding and directives are behind the Palestinian acts of terrorism against Jews in Israel. Israel has recently attacked Iranian outposts in war-torn Syria. Iran apparently seeks to take advantage of the problems in Syria, and fill the void there with military bases from which to launch kinetic attacks at Israel.
Iran’s goals have been thwarted somewhat by Israel’s secret incursions into Syria to attack the Iranian bases there. Iran’s response: mobilize Palestinians with finances and funding to attack Jewish civilians.
Israel’s response: Continue to call attention to Iran’s actions and backing of terrorists.
“Israel hints of more strikes at Iranian, Hamas targets; Two suspects arrested in killing of Batsheva Nigri;” Jerusalem Post, 23 Aug 2023 pg 1.
“Preschool teacher Batsheva Nigri was ‘a fun, happy woman,’ her Beit Hagai neighbor Hannah Zarichon said Monday on N12, after she was gunned down by terrorists in the presence of her 12-year-old daughter on Route 60 near Hebron… Nigri, mother of three, … was buried Monday night in Kfar Etzion.” (“Batsheva Nigri – ‘an infectionus laugh and a huge smile’;” Jerusalem Post, 22 Aug 2023 pg 1.)
“Batsheva had hitched a ride from Beit Hagai to Kiryat Arba. The driver, Aryeh Gottlieb, 39… was in serious but stable condition from gunshot wounds…”
(“Terrorists gun down mother in front of daughter; ‘We’re in wave of terror we haven’t known in a long time,’ says top general;” Jerusalem Post, 22 Aug 2023 pg 1, 7.)
Operation Home and Garden began July 3 and ended July 5, 2023, and was active only in Jenin.
Operation Break the Wave in March 2022 and is ongoing, nationwide, but with a focus in Northern West Bank (aka Southern Samaria) after a spike in terrorist attacks began in 2021.
Yesterday’s attack in Hebron would be considered Southern West Bank, located in Judea.
“This is the fifth Israeli to die in a terrorist attack this month and the 29th victim this year. Twelve of the terrorist attacks took place in the West Bank (Samaria and Judea), but this was the first fatality this year in the South Hebron Hills.” (article, pg 1).
Pray for our work in troubled West Bank (Samaria).
20 Aug 2023: In the map below, see Turqus Aaya where a man took a wrong turn with his car and had to be rescued by the IDF after he was attacked with stones and his car set on fire.
North of there, Huwara, the site where father and son were shot to death at a car wash.
South of there, south of Hebron, a car was shot up in a drive by shooting this morning (21 Aug 2023).
I am located northwest of there in Samaria near the line at Rosh haAyin.
21 Aug 2023: An Israeli woman, 39, was killed and an Israeli man was wounded this morning near Hebron in a drive-by shooting. This is considered a very serious attack this morning; we can expect an uproar.
21 Aug 2023, Samaria: While writing this post, another Arab attack against a Jew is reported on the TV, an Israeli car was shot up near Hebron. A woman (39) has died, the driver, a man is wounded critically; unknown condition of a 1-yr old passenger and a 15-yr old hitchhiker.
As for the attack two days ago, Silas Nigerker, 60, and his son Avia Nir, 28, went to the Muslim town of Huwara to do work on their car, and visit with friends. Silas was well known and well-liked there and knew many Muslims personally. They were shot at point-blank range at a car wash on the afternoon of Shabbat.
“Right calls for military campaign to root out West Bank terrorism; IDF continues search for Huwara terrorist who killed two Israelis;” Jerusalem Post, 21 Aug 2023, pg 1.