Ben Gvir after attack: I ordered Operation Defensive Shield 2 in eastern Jerusalem

Arutz Sheva ^ | 10/2/23 | Elad Benari

[Eleutheria5]

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Friday afternoon said he had instructed the Commissioner of Israel Police and senior officials in the Jerusalem District to prepare for "Operation Defensive Shield 2 in eastern Jerusalem" starting on Sunday.

"The purpose of the operation is to fight and root out terrorism, to reach the terrorists' homes and to stop terrorism before it comes to carry out attacks," said a statement issued by Ben Gvir’s office.

The statement, which was published just before the start of Shabbat in Israel, followed the deadly terrorist attack in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, in which two people were murdered and five were injured.

Operation Defensive Shield was a large 2002 IDF counterterrorism operation in Judea and Samaria which was carried out amidst the Second Intifada and lasted for just over a month.

Ben Gvir’s statement was denounced by senior government officials, as it was issued on his own initiative, without consultation with other elements in the defense establishment.

“Decisions about an 'Operation Defensive Shield' are not made on a sidewalk at a bus stop when there is an attack," said a senior political source on Friday afternoon.

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[Eleutheria5]

Until then, just let the attacks continue. Protocol is protocol./s

[Feckless]

Kill the Snakes in their dens.

[robowombat]

As long as we live there will be a supply of either superfluous men or angry, unhappy, frustrated men or people who are just psychologically disorganized to be recruited to become Islamacist terrorists.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Two young brothers were murdered by a palestinean POS who rammed his car into them at a bus stop, notice NOT ONE PEEP from the commie press, NOT ONE BIT OF CONDEMNATION from Biden or any Dem

[Hyman Roth]

I’ve heard of Ben Dover.....But who is Ben Giver

[Eleutheria5]

Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, and leader of the Otzma Yehudit Party in the Knesset.

[SJackson]

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