After the attack on Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv, the IDF decided, after assessing the situation, to reinforce forces and activities of the army, mainly focusing on thwarting in Samaria, condensing forces at the seam line and reinforcing the police in the home front.
The IDF also noted that following the shooting attack in Tel Aviv last night, the chief of staff instructed to interrogate all the intelligence and operational aspects that led to the incident and to learn how the IDF units provided assistance in last night’s pursuit of the terrorist.
The operational situation assessment was held this morning under the leadership of the Chief of Staff, Lt. Col. Aviv Kochavi, and with the participation of the Deputy Chief of Staff, the Deputy Chief of the Shin Bet, the Chief of Operations, the Coordinator of Government Operations in the Occupied Territories, the Central Command and other commanders.
The IDF spokesman said that “in assessing the situation, the defense efforts in the area were discussed and the stages of the IDF’s readiness to continue were defined. The Chief of Staff instructed the immediate implementation of a number of measures in order to continue to strengthen the defense in the seam area and increase counterterrorism activities in the Northern Samaria area.
“In his opening remarks, the Chief of Staff defined the following goals: preventing terrorist attacks in the Judea and Samaria area, preventing thieves leaving the Judea and Samaria area and continuing to assist the Israel Police,” the IDF spokesman said.
Chief of Staff Kochavi discounted the following steps: Expanding and increasing offensive operations in Judea and Samaria; targeting operations in northern Samaria, the villages from which the terrorists came and the people around them; The need.