West Bank – Hamas said Friday that every Israeli is now a legitimate target following the deadly terror attack in the village of Duma in which a Palestinian toddler was killed, Israel Radio reported. In an official message to the public, Hamas also called for a “day of rage” to protest the deadly terror attack and “in order to protect al-Aksa mosque.”
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Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsha was killed and three members of his family injured after a molotov cocktail was thrown at their home by suspected far-right extremists, in the village of Duma, in the northern area of the West Bank, outside the city of Nablus.
Israeli and Palestinian security forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank were placed on high alert following the attack.
Increased IDF forces were called into the area to help maintain security on the main roads throughout the West Bank to prevent any attempts to attack Israeli vehicles in retaliation.
A Palestinian security source told Israel Radio that Palestinian Authority police will be placed outside mosques in the area to maintain order, but added that there will be no way to prevent Hamas protests from taking place.
Netanyahu forcefully condemned the terror attack, saying he was shocked by the “horrible” act, and calling it a “terror attack in every way.”
“Israel acts with a strong hand against terror, and it does not matter who are its perpetrators,” he said in a statement.
The prime minister said he directed the security services to use all means at their disposal to apprehend those responsible and bring them to justice.
“The government of Israel is united in its opposition to terrible and heinous acts such as these,” he said, adding that – speaking for the entire country – he wanted to send his condolences to the family of the baby killed in the attack and wishes for a speedy recovery to those injured.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon referred to the incident and the death of baby Ali Dawabsha as “a most severe terrorist act that we cannot tolerate, and we condemn in every way.”
He noted that all security forces including the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the IDF and police are carrying out a “supreme effort” to find those responsible, saying “we will pursue them until we get our hands on them.”
“We will not allow Jewish terrorists to harm the lives of Palestinians across Judea and Samaria. We will fight them in every way, with every tool at our disposal.”
He sent out his condolences to the Dawabsha family and requested restraint from the public “to allowing security forces to carry out their mission of capturing the murderers.”
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Every Jew, Israeli or not, has been a Hamas target for years and years!!
How do we know Jews did this?
like these Obama friends Hamas need an excuse to kill Jews.
Watch out. The Israeli government won’t rest until the terrorist is found. If he is indeed Jewish, he will languish in prison forever. If he’s a Palestinian, he will be imprisoned for a year or so and then released as a good will gesture.
Of course, all the Israeli politicians will be tripping over themselves to apologize to the family and beg forgiveness. Why don’t they also point out that Jewish kids aren’t celebrating in the streets, old Jewish ladies aren’t giving out candies and no street is being named after the (Jewish?) martyr.
The logic follows accordingly, every gaza citizen can be a target when someone fired from there.
And what have those animals been doing till today killing families babies that’s OK they have no issue with that I don’t get there thinking well then again there is no thinking by animals
Do you always cut and paste from that anti semite big fat failure?
“Every Israeli is now a legitimate target following the deadly terror attack in the village of Duma in which a Palestinian toddler was killed”
Does this mean that prior to this every Israeli was not a legitimate target?
Oh. NOW we are all legitimate targets… I’m curious as to what their previous criteria was when they are blowing up Eged Busses, launching crude rockets indiscriminately, and shooting at vehicles driving on highways. Will the Jerusalem Post do an in depth investigative review?
Taking this to it’s logical conclusion, the Arabs should have no problem with this attack on innocent people. After all, after _______ (fill in the blank with any terrorist attack of the past 50 years where they killed innocent children), all Arabs are legitimate targets!