Defense Minister Israel Katz condemns an attempted attack by Jewish extremists in Hebron over the weekend on the head of the IDF Central Command Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth.
“Hurting IDF commanders and soldiers, who dedicate their lives to the security of Israel and its citizens, hurts the entire State of Israel,” he writes in a post on X.
“I expect law enforcement to bring those involved in the incident to justice immediately, and call on the settlement leadership to condemn this type of phenomenon strongly,” he adds.
The IDF said Bluth was in the flashpoint West Bank city on Friday to secure the annual pilgrimage that the attackers were attending.
Five suspects were arrested after they chased Bluth and the soldiers accompanying him, calling the IDF commander a “traitor.”
The head of Central Command typically has a fraught relationship with settler extremists, since the army is tasked with trying to keep them in check in the West Bank.
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