Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Tuesday that “We are still in the midst of a wave of attacks in response to the arson and murder in (the Samarian Arab village of) Duma. Not that there weren’t attacks beforehand, but it is certain that some of the attacks we are seeing, such as the car attack against soldiers near Shiloh, are in response to what happened in Duma.”
Ya’alon added that the recent car terror and stabbing attacks were selected because of their availability. “If the organizations- mainly Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, had the ability to launch attacks, they would do so. In the meantime, we are being spared that fate, but it could very well happen,” the Defense Minister said.