Israeli Civilian Killed in Judea and Samaria Terror Attack, IDF Launches Manhunt

Gideon Peri, 38, was killed in a terrorist attack on Sunday, August 18, in Judea and Samaria at the Bar-On industrial zone in the northern Judea and Samaria.

He was brought in critical condition by military vehicle to Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva, where medical staff later pronounced him dead. He was married and had three children.

No Palestinian group has so far claimed responsibility. The attacker, Palestinian Sultan Nadel Abd Alaziz Abd Alghani, in his 20s, hit the guard’s head with a hammer, stole his weapon, and drove off in a stolen car.

Since the attack, security forces have been searching for him in the surrounding areas; by press time, he had not been apprehended. He had a work permit in the field of woodworking. The industrial zone employs both Israelis and Palestinians, the latter working under supervision.

Peri was from the settlement of Kedumim. Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan pointed the blame at the Palestinian Authority. “We must reinforce deterrence. This terrorist attack could not have happened without the incitement and terror funded by the Palestinian Authority.”

“This man [the attacker] will receive [from the PA] a hefty lifetime sum for what he did. This will come from Abu Mazen [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas] … And, the day he is released from prison, he will receive a pension equivalent to that of a general in the ‘Palestinian police,’ the same one that says it fights terror in the spirit of the Oslo agreements.” (JPost / VFI News)

“Lord, we send our sincerest condolences to the family of Gideon Peri and ask that You comfort them during this tense period of grief. We pray in Yeshua’s name that You will be there as a loving Father to his three children, that You provide for them and his widow, and that You defend their cause. We pray that the terrorist will be arrested soon, be brought to justice, and doesn’t get the opportunity to hurt anyone else.”

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