Israeli soldier killed .. Netanyahu vows to "settle the account" with the bomber

The body of an Israeli soldier was found yesterday near the Jewish settlement of Magdal Oz in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. Benjamin Netanyahu, "The security forces are chasing in order to arrest the terrorist and settle the account with him," while the organizations «Temple» demanded the Netanyahu government to close the Al-Aqsa Mosque in front of the Palestinians on Eid al-Adha.

Israeli army spokesman Ronen Menelis said that the body of a soldier with stabbing marks was found early in the morning. After referring to the soldier studying at a religious school (preparatory for military service), the spokesman said that the army, the Shin Bet and the police were there, combing the area.

The spokesman said that reports had been made, the night before last, about the loss of contact with the soldier (19 years) since the evening of the day before yesterday. He added that large forces were alerted to search for him, and in the early hours of dawn yesterday, his body was found near the entrance «Magdal Oz».

According to him, the soldier Dvir Yehuda Surik (19 years), was killed as a result of being stabbed, adding that «talk about an operation». He also pointed to the stabbing injuries of the body.

The occupation reinforced its forces in the area, and began extensive investigations involving the Shin Bet and the police, assuming that there is a group moving in the region carried out the operation.

According to estimates by the Israeli security services, the soldier was attacked, forced to board a vehicle, and his body was dumped at the place where he was found. Examination of the kidnapping was complicated and ended with the soldier's death.

A senior officer said the guard was being reinforced at the scene and troops were being reinforced in the area.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said: "We seek at the hands of all the security forces who are chasing the killers and we will not rest until we arrest them.

Avigdor Lieberman, chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, was quick to say that submission to the Gaza Strip leads to operations in Jerusalem and the West Bank. He added that «the security services know that there are dozens of groups, which are planning to carry out operations against the Jews, under the guidance of (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip».

He also said that the term "compromise" is "an expression of subjugation to terrorism and the current policy of this government is a miserable attempt to bring calm to the short term, and sacrifice the security of citizens in the long run."

The head of the Kahul Lavan party, Benny Gantz, said the army and security forces knew how to reach the perpetrators "alive or dead."

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said, "I am confident that the security forces will seize the killer.

"I rely on the Israeli army and security forces not to rest until they arrest those murderers who carried out this terrible crime," said Rafi Peretz, head of the far-right Jewish Home party and Israeli Education Minister. The message should be clear: the blood of the Jews is not a shame. ” "I am convinced that the security forces will arrest the murderer," said Shas party chairman and Interior Minister Arieh Deri.

Yair Lapid, the second candidate in the Kahul Lavan party, said: "The Israeli army and the security forces operating in the field are stronger and will reach the killers and their senders."

The head of Israel's United Right Party called on former justice minister Elit Shaked to continue measures to regulate the legal status of Jewish communities in the West Bank. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said yesterday that this came in response to the stabbing attack in the Gush Etzion settlement south of Jerusalem, in which a soldier named «Dvir Sorek».

According to the commission, Minister Bezalel Smotrich of the United Right stressed the need to collect a high price for the perpetrators of the attacks and to impose Israeli sovereignty on all Jewish communities in the West Bank.

Minister Smotric also called for stripping Palestinian workers of work permits and setting up barriers throughout the West Bank.

This comes at a time when dozens of settlers stormed the yards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque heavily guarded by the occupation police, while organizations called «Temple» alleged Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to close the mosque in front of the Palestinians on the first day of Eid al-Adha, next Sunday, to coincide with the so-called The memory of the Temple Ruin.

The alleged "Temple" organizations called their supporters and the settler public to participate in the mass incursions into the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Sunday.

During the incursions, groups of settlers received explanations of the so-called "Temple", while some of them performed Talmudic prayers off the Dome of the Rock and the "Gate of Mercy" before leaving from the door of the chain.

For its part, said the Palestinian news agency (WAFA) that «the Israeli occupation forces (yesterday) tightened military measures in the areas of northern Hebron, and roads leading to the city of Bethlehem».

On the other hand, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine praised the attack, saying «the heroic operation is a natural reaction to the terrorism of the occupation and its crimes against our people, our land and our sanctities. This process is an affirmation of this legitimate right. The Palestinian people will not surrender to Israeli hatred and terrorism. ”

Hamas hailed, in a statement, the perpetrators of the operation, describing them as "resistance heroes, the perpetrators of the heroic operation, in which a soldier of the occupation army was killed."

Hamas spokesman, Hazem Qassem, said in a press statement that "the Etzion process proves that the revolution and uprising of our people in the West Bank is continuing, and that the rebellious youth will not stop its struggle only by removing the occupation and sweeping its settlers."

He added that «the process proves the failure of the occupation to prevent the resistance, and the failure of the policy of security coordination between the occupation and the Palestinian Authority».

Hamas and Islamic Jihad considered the operation "a response to the crimes of the occupation", the latest of which was the bombing and demolition of the homes of Wadi al-Homs.