Early Shabbos morning, an Arab youth armed with a knife infiltrated the Shalhevet neighborhood of Yishuv Yitzhar in Shomron, leading to knife wounds to 9-year-old Tuvia Stessman, who was treated by MDA medics on the scene. An empty home was also set ablaze in the brazen attack.
Responding to yet another attack by area Arabs, an unspecified number of Yitzhar residents entered the nearby Arab village of Asira al-Kabaliye, where they believe the attacker came from, and according to reports, fired weapons and damaged property.
According to media reports, two Arabs were wounded by the gunfire and they were transported to PA (Palestinian Authority) hospitals in a Red Crescent ambulance. The army reportedly confiscated the weapons of two Yitzhar residents in response to the retaliatory attack.
The response from the political left-wing was harsh, with Arab MK Dr. Ahmed Tibi calling the Yitzhar residents "two-legged animals, vigilantes and law-breakers?.
Meretz MK Zahava Gal-On made a direct appeal to Defense Minister Ehud Barak, calling upon him to deal with the "violent settlers?. Peace Now call is calling on authorities to take the weapons away from Yitzhar residents.
Israel Police stated it lacks the manpower to deal with law-breakers such as those who responded on Shabbos to the attack. The army stated efforts are underway to apprehend those responsible.
Officials of the Chomesh First organization released a statement that the IDF should take an example of how one deals with terror from the Yitzhar residents, who are unwilling to remain the victim.
Danny Dayan, the head of the Yesha Settlement Council, decried the response from the left-wing, who are calling on the army and police to take away the self-defense weapons from Yitzhar residents but they failed to even condemn the stabbing attack which left a small child injured.
The attack was not the first in the Shomron community, with Arabs in recent months setting fire to their fields on a number of occasions.
(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)
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