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Friday, February 21, 2025
Katz in West Bank: ‘We will hunt down and eliminate’ anybody involved in terror
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Defense Minister Israel Katz is seen with troops in the West Bank's Tulkarem refugee camp, February 21, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
Defense Minister Israel Katz during a visit to the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank this morning says yesterday’s bus bombings in Bat Yam and Holon “will not deter us.”
“We are at war with extremist Islamic terror and we will win, here, in Gaza and everywhere,” he says, adding that he instructed the army to ramp up counter-terror activities in the West Bank.
“I warn the terrorists who were released to Judea and Samaria, we have our eyes on you, and will hunt down and eliminate everyone who is involved in terrorism,” Katz adds, referring to the hundreds of Palestinian prisoners released to the West Bank in the hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas.
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