The recent dramatic surge in terrorist attacks emanating from the area has convinced Israel’s security establishment that a shift in strategy is required.

“We have the opportunity to do what we failed to do in Gaza on the night between Oct. 6 and 7,” Israeli finance minister urges.

“We must deal with the threat just as we deal with the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza,” said Israel’s Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz.

The targeted site was an explosives warehouse, according to official Palestinian Authority media.

The local heads of the Hamas and Fatah military wings were eliminated along with three other terrorists, according to the Israeli military.

It is high time that responsible states come to terms with the fact that modern-day terror undermines and abuses accepted humanitarian norms and standards.

Eleven men from Israel and Samaria were arrested over the plot, which also included plans to attack Ben-Gurion Airport and to kidnap soldiers.

The terrorist, well-known as a Hamas activist, had targeted two Jewish children, according to Religious Zionism Party MK and Hebron resident Orit Strook.

Cell leader Muhammad Khaled Halaila made contact with Hamas operatives in Strip, who provided him with instructions on how to manufacture explosives.