Israel is on high alert for an escalation of Palestinian terrorism during the upcoming biblical holy days of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). Intelligence reports indicate Palestinian terror groups will try to carry out “high value” attacks when Israelis attend mass gatherings during these holidays, particularly in Jerusalem.

Some 2,000 police officers will be deployed to the capital to protect both locals and tourists during this time, according to Police officials.

Israel has been combatting a growing wave of Palestinian terror in recent months, and it is only expected to get worse.

Lapid says Israel will fight

Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid met with Jordanian King Abdullah II on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

Lapid expressed the need for “calming the situation on the ground and halting terrorism” ahead of the upcoming Jewish High Holidays, according to a statement from the Prime Minister’s office.

“Prime Minister Lapid emphasized that Israel will not stand idly by and will fight terrorism directed against it in all its forms, and will not allow harm to the security of its citizens,” said the statement.

The statement called the meeting an “expression of the tightening of Israel-Jordan relations,” and “the continued strengthening of the personal connection” between the two leaders.

With reporting by JNS.