Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to Twitter to express his condolences: "My wife Sara and I send our deepest condolences to the family of IDF soldier Staff Sergeant Shilo Amir, 22, from Meirav, a soldier in the Givati Reconnaissance Unit, who was murdered today in a terror attack while conducting routine activity adjacent to the community of Kedumim. I salute his teammates who eliminated the terrorist a short time later."