Smotrich warns of imminent Oct.7-like massacre in West Bank, urges ‘preemptive strike’
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"
Speaking from the site of this morning’s shooting attack in the West Bank in which three police officers were killed, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warns that another October 7 is possible unless Israel engages in a “preemptive strike” against terrorism.
“We are a step away from October 7 in Judea and Samaria and the center of the country,” the far-right minister says in a video message.
“We need to do now what we didn’t do that cursed night and launch a preemptive strike and strike terror hard. Gazan, West Bank, and Lebanese terror are one, part of the Iranian choke ring. We are committed to eliminating terrorism on all fronts.”
