🛰️ JUDEA AND SAMARIA: HAMAS CELL APPREHENDED, WEAPONS CACHE FOUND: The Shin Bet, IDF and Yamam apprehended 10 members of a Hamas cell that security forces said had been working to advance attacks against Israeli civilians in the Akraba area.
Forces located and dismantled a rocket without a launcher. Following questioning, one detainee revealed a cache containing an M16 rifle and a large quantity of explosives intended for manufacturing explosive devices, which were also destroyed at the scene.
A separate police and military account identified the village as Aqqaba and said the raid followed Shin Bet intelligence concerning a Hamas network in the area. All 10 suspects were transferred for Shin Bet questioning.
🚔 NETANYA SHOOTING: BORDER POLICE OFFICER KILLED BY SECURITY FORCES: Border Police Sgt. David Hoyer Amrani, 20, was shot dead by security forces after opening fire in Netanya’s Kiryat Hasharon neighborhood. No other casualties were reported.
Witnesses said Amrani moved among residential buildings for roughly 20 minutes while firing bursts into the air before encountering police, after which an exchange of fire occurred.
Hebrew media reported that he had been suffering from combat-related trauma, but the Defense Ministry Rehabilitation Department said he had not been treated by the department for PTSD and was not officially recognized as suffering from it.
Amrani enlisted in August 2024, served in Hebron in Judea and Samaria and transferred to another Border Police company about eight months ago. Because police were involved in the fatal shooting, the investigation is expected to be transferred to the Department for Internal Police Investigations.
Idan Kleiman, chairman of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization, said he understood that Amrani had previously requested a transfer from the Judea and Samaria sector, describing that as a possible warning sign that “the system probably did not catch.”
🗳️ 51 DAYS TO ELECTION: PARTY LISTS AND ALLIANCES TAKE SHAPE: Bennett’s B’Yachad and Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu are due to unveil their candidate lists, with competition intensifying over realistic Knesset positions.
Yesh Atid members comprise roughly 40% of Bennett’s slate, making their placement significant under current polling. Lieberman has brought dozens of people into Yisrael Beiteinu, raising questions over the placement of former Likud MK Dan Illouz and whether additional incumbents could lose realistic positions.
Bennett visited Chili Tropper ahead of Tropper’s decision on whether to run independently or join a larger party, with reports indicating that a Bennett-Gadi Eisenkot alliance is now virtually ruled out. Gantz and Yoaz Hendel are expected to run together, while Ayelet Shaked is due to decide whether to join them. Tropper appears set to run as an independent party within a joint parliamentary faction without an option to split from it.
Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich publicly called on Avichai Winter to join him, saying the top position had never been an obstacle and hinting that the two had spoken recently. Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir said: “If Otzma Yehudit does not win 15 seats in the upcoming elections, Bibi will form a government with Eisenkot.”
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