shooting<\/a> in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot on Monday morning.<\/p>\nTwo terrorists were neutralized at the scene by an Israel Defense Forces soldier and an armed civilian. The soldier was identified in reports as a squad commander in the IDF\u2019s ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I say we are in an intense war on several fronts, we naturally have tremendous successes against terrorist regimes and organizations. But the war continues, also in the Gaza Strip, where we will destroy Hamas as we have promised and free our hostages\u2014all of our hostages\u2014and unfortunately also here in Jerusalem,\u201d said Netanyahu.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Judea and Samaria, we acted with very great force. The Shin Bet, the IDF and also the Israel Police thwarted hundreds of terror attacks this year, but not this morning unfortunately,\u201d the premier added.<\/p>\n
However, the country\u2019s security forces will get to everyone who assisted or sent the terrorists and will take \u201ceven harsher measures,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese murders, these attacks, in all sectors, do not weaken us,\u201d he said. \u201cThey only increase our determination to complete the missions we took upon ourselves everywhere\u2014also in Gaza and also Judea and Samaria.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israel, he continued, was \u201cfighting terrorism\u2014the terror regime of the Houthis, Iran that backs them all, in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Hezbollah, in every sector. We do not relent and we will not relent. We will intensify our actions, and we will achieve all our objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, whose ministry oversees the Israel Police, urged all civilians to apply for firearms licenses, speaking at the prime minister\u2019s side at the site of the attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was an act of heroism here, by a soldier from the Hasmonean Brigade, a Haredi Jew, and by two Haredim who received weapons as part of the weapons reform,\u201d he stated. \u201cWeapons save lives, we must remember that. I call on the citizens of Israel: go arm yourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ben-Gvir in his statement expressed condolences to the families of the fatalities and prayed for the recovery of the wounded, while urging harsher measures against Palestinian terrorists and their relatives.<\/p>\n
The only solution, he said, was \u201cdeporting terrorists\u2019 families, together with a firm hand in the prisons, along with all the actions being carried out by the Shin Bet, IDF, Israel Police and Israel Prison Service.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Monday that it had been \u201ca painful and difficult morning.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cInnocent civilians, children and adults, were murdered and wounded in cold blood on a city street,\u201d he said. \u201cThe shocking attack reminds us again that we are fighting absolute evil. The world must understand the enemy we face, and it must internalize that terrorism will never defeat us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who also oversees civilian matters in Judea and Samaria as a second minister in the Defense Ministry, urged a sweeping response to the attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe State of Israel cannot accept a Palestinian Authority that raises and educates its children to murder Jews,\u201d Smotrich tweeted, adding that the terrorists\u2019 villages \u201cshould look like Rafah and Beit Hanoun\u201d in Gaza.<\/p>\n
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar, speaking at a press conference with his Hungarian counterpart in Budapest on Monday afternoon, said the international community \u201cmust now make a clear choice\u201d in the war.
\n\u201cAre they on Israel\u2019s side? Or are they on the side of the jihadists?\u201d the top diplomat said, declaring that the Jewish state is fighting a \u201cwar against radical Islamist terrorism\u201d and rejects a Palestinian state.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe terrorists this morning came from P.A. territories,\u201d Sa\u2019ar noted at the Budapest press conference, adding: \u201cThe establishment of such a terror state would have one goal: the elimination of the State of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hamas terrorist organization released a statement praising the \u201cheroic operation\u201d carried out by \u201ctwo Palestinian resistance fighters,\u201d calling the attack \u201ca natural response to the occupation\u2019s crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement called on Palestinians across Judea and Samaria to \u201cescalate the confrontation with the occupation and its settlers.\u201d<\/p>\n
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir ordered to reinforce troops in Judea and Samaria, including to encircle the areas from where the terrorists originated, in the wake of the shooting, in addition to continuing military operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to the development of operational events in the different arenas,\u201d the IDF chief decided to halt a situational assessment on personnel on Monday morning, as well as to postpone a military ceremony that was set to take place on Monday night, according to the statement.<\/p>\n
The decision followed a assessment with senior commanders, including Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Tamir Yadai, OC Central Command Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, Operations Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Itzik Cohen, Intelligence Directorate head Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder and others.<\/p>\n
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