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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Migdal Oz

A makeshift gun caught by Israeli troops near the West Bank settlement of Migdal Oz, July 24, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 25, 2022, 11:28 pm
IDF: Palestinian man detained with loaded homemade gun in Gush Etzion
Footage shows suspect hurling molotov cocktail near Migdal Oz, fleeing area; military says he was also carrying fake bomb
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli sit at a cafe in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, on July 1, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 1, 2020, 10:59 pm
Annexation? Residents of Ariel settlement prefer that old time status quo
Move would have no impact, say shrugging locals of major West Bank settlement, as start date for planned Israeli extension of sovereignty passes
By Alexandra Vardi and Michel Blum
Israeli troops demolish the home of a Palestinian man suspected of murdering a yeshiva student in a terror attack this summer, in the southern West Bank village of Beit Kahil on November 28, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 28, 2019, 4:07 am
IDF razes West Bank homes of suspects in killing of Dvir Sorek
Military says four houses demolished in Beit Kahil, month after suspects indicted on terror charges in August murder of student; Bennett: Terrorists will pay heavy price
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Dvir Sorek, 18, a yeshiva student who was stabbed to death outside a West Bank settlement on August 8, 2019. (Courtesy)
October 24, 2019, 12:16 pm
‘Try to kidnap the settler. If you can’t, murder him’: Terrorists recount attack
After stabbing Dvir Sorek to death, one of the suspects returned home and hid the bloodied knife above his kids’ closet, investigation transcripts show
By ToI Staff
One of the suspects (R) in the murder of Dvir Sorek after being arrested by the Border Police and IDF in the West Bank on August 10, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 3, 2019, 4:54 pm
Terror suspects charged with August slaying of teen student
IDF prosecutors accuse 5 Palestinian men of forming Hamas cell to kill Dvir Sorek, carry out other attacks against Israelis
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
IDF troops conduct search operations in the Bethlehem area after the body of a student, Dvir Sorek, later found near the settlement of Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion, on August 8, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 24, 2019, 10:11 pm
Army to demolish homes of suspects in deadly West Bank stabbing
Appeal against razing homes of accused killers of Dvir Sorek, 18, is rejected
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
IDF soldiers during searches in the West Bank for the terrorists who killed Dvir Sorek, on August 9, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 12, 2019, 9:04 pm
Army tells families of Dvir Sorek’s alleged killers it will raze their homes
The 18-year-old student was stabbed to death outside his West Bank seminary in August
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the scene where yeshiva student Dvir Sorek was killed in a West Bank terror attack, near the settlement of Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion, August 8, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 12, 2019, 2:18 pm
Netanyahu says homes of Dvir Sorek’s suspected murderers will be razed ‘soon’
Remark comes after troops measure structures in southern West Bank village of Beit Kahil as first step before their destruction
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Israeli troops measure the homes of two Palestinians suspected of killing Dvir Sorek, ahead of their planned demolition in the village of Beit Kahil in the southern West Bank on August 12, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 12, 2019, 8:21 am
IDF prepares to demolish homes of Dvir Sorek’s suspected killers
Troops measure structures in southern West Bank village of Beit Kahil as first step before their destruction
By Judah Ari Gross
Israelis embrace next to the scene where Dvir Sorek was found stabbed to death, outside the West Bank settlement of Migdal Oz, on August 8, 2019. (Hazem Bader/AFP)
August 8, 2019, 8:12 pm
UN, Western diplomats denounce murder of teenage Israeli student
United Nations envoy calls killing of Dvir Sorek ‘cowardly, dangerous,’ while US, EU and UK all issue condemnations, offer condolences to victim’s family
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the scene where yeshiva student Dvir Sorek was killed in a West Bank terror attack, near the settlement of Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion, August 8, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 8, 2019, 7:11 pm
At scene of terror attack, Netanyahu vows Israel will ‘settle the score’
PM says answer to terrorism is more construction in West Bank; his rival Benny Gantz says Israel should continue to build in settlement blocs
By ToI Staff
Yoav Sorek, the father of murdered yeshiva student Dvir Sorek, speaks to reporters outside his home in the West Bank settlement of Ofra on August 8, 2019. (Flash90)
August 8, 2019, 4:57 pm
‘Whoever didn’t know him missed out,’ says father of murdered student Dvir Sorek
Yoav Sorek mourns his son after he was found stabbed to death in terror attack in West Bank, says he was killed by ‘someone with murder in his eyes’; funeral set for 8 p.m. in Ofra
By ToI Staff
Dvir Sorek, 18, a yeshiva student who was stabbed to death outside a West Bank settlement on August 8, 2019. (Courtesy)
August 8, 2019, 10:48 am
Slain student Dvir Sorek, 18, had a ‘heart of gold,’ teachers say
Off-duty soldier remembered as talented musician who always thought of others; father mourns ‘kid with light in his eyes’ who would befriend the marginalized
By ToI Staff
Israeli security forces at the scene where the body of an off-duty, out-of-uniform Israeli soldier was found dead with stab wounds, near the settlement of Migdal Oz in the Etzion region, on August 8, 2019. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
August 8, 2019, 9:44 am
Lawmakers blame government policies, push for annexation after student killed
Netanyahu vows to ‘settle accounts’ with off-duty soldier Dvir Sorek’s killer after West Bank stabbing; Liberman blames ‘capitulation’ to Gaza terrorists
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: IDF soldiers during an arrest raid in the central West Bank on February 23, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 24, 2018, 9:58 pm
Palestinians open fire on settlement south of Jerusalem – IDF
No injuries or damage as shots fired from car at entrance to Kibbutz Migdal Oz; army closes entrance to nearby Palestinian village in search for perpetrators
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
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