Hundreds of residents of Dolev and other Jewish towns congregated at the site of a recent terrorist attack for a reading of the Book of Esther in commemoration of the Purim holiday on Sunday.
“Now, as then, our enemies are attempting to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children (Esther 3:13),” stated Israel Ganz, head of the Binyamin Regional Council, in a statement to the press after the reading.
Ganz went on to say that the area has historically been a prime target for terrorists and needs extra protection from the police.
“This intersection must be guarded. We have warned since the beginning of the war that this is a weak spot,” he said. “The many residents who visited this area show that we are not afraid, but we expect a change in the security and infrastructure so that what happened today, where civilians were locked inside their homes due to the ongoing threat, does not reoccur.”
On Friday, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on a minibus near Dolev, resulting in a seven-hour manhunt. The terrorist, armed with a sniper rifle, shot and murdered Israeli soldier Ilay Garfinkel and wounded six other soldiers while moving between several concealed spots in the area.
A military helicopter eventually caught up with the terrorist identified as Majhad Mansour and killed him
