Minister calls for deporting terrorists’ families

By Sam Sokol

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6 October 2024, 3:43 pm 58 Edit

Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"

Transportation Minister Miri Regev arrives for a government meeting on Jerusalem Day at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Transportation Minister Miri Regev says the families of terrorists should be deported, following a shooting attack at Beersheba’s central bus station in which one person was killed and 10 were wounded.

“The time has come for a deterrent punishment that prevents attacks on Israeli territory,” Regev tweets.

Regev’s terse missive comes as unconfirmed reports name the perpetrator of the attack, who was shot dead, as an Israeli citizen from the Bedouin community in southern Israel.