Following his announcement of the establishment of a special task force to combat incitement to murder, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated: "Just to clarify, the team led by the Minister of National Security (Itamar Ben-Gvir) will act against Palestinian incitement against Israeli citizens."

Ben-Gvir tweeted in reply, "I agreed with the Prime Minister to establish a team headed by me to deal with incitement to terror on social media and otherwise. The team will work in cooperation with all the relevant agencies: the police, Ministry of Justice, the Shin Bet, IDF and the National Cyber Unit."