Arutz-7 has learned that O.C. Central Command Maj.-Gen. Yitzchak Eitan recommended that the IDF bring tanks into Abu Sneineh, but Prime Minister Sharon and Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer rejected the idea.
The Jewish Community in Hevron reports that Israeli security forces have begun taking preventative measures against Jews in the area. An army roadblock has been erected at the Gush Etzion junction, about 25 minutes north of Hevron, where police are preventing anyone who is not a resident of the Hevron area from continuing southward. Another roadblock was established near Beit Hadassah in Hevron, preventing Israeli vehicles from reaching the Avraham Avinu neighborhood, two minutes away.
The Jewish Community in Hevron reports that Israeli security forces have begun taking preventative measures against Jews in the area. An army roadblock has been erected at the Gush Etzion junction, about 25 minutes north of Hevron, where police are preventing anyone who is not a resident of the Hevron area from continuing southward. Another roadblock was established near Beit Hadassah in Hevron, preventing Israeli vehicles from reaching the Avraham Avinu neighborhood, two minutes away.