Calls for IDF Offensive After Deadly West Bank Terror Attack

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on the Israeli military to "go on the offensive" and increase settlement construction in the West Bank following a deadly terror attack that killed two Israelis in the town of Huwara. Smotrich, who heads the far-right Religious Zionism party, has previously called for the destruction of Huwara. The IDF has launched a manhunt for the shooter, and condolences and vows to apprehend the perpetrator poured in from other politicians. Violence has surged in the West Bank, with an increase in Palestinian attacks against Israelis and attacks by extremist Jewish settlers against Palestinians.