It is increasingly likely that Israel and the Palestinian terror groups in Judea and Samaria are headed for a new major confrontation. This conclusion can be drawn after another major Israeli military action in the Palestinian town of Jenin in northern Samaria and after tens of IDF incursions into the terror hotbed so far this year.

Just a day after that Jenin battle, four Israeli’s were murdered in a shooting attack near the village of Eli in the Benjamin region in southern Samaria. Three others were wounded. The horrific attack is probably related to the IDF action in Jenin and was executed by two Palestinian terrorists who identified with Hamas.

Confrontation in Jenin

Jenin was once again the scene of extensive Israeli army (IDF) action on Monday morning when at least five Palestinian terrorists were killed and seven IDF soldiers were injured, four of them seriously.

The Israeli army used Apache attack helicopters for the first time in 20 years to eliminate terror squads and to...