Police and Shin Bet Disclose Suspected Stabbing Plot at Samaria Farm

Police and Shin Bet disclosed on November 12 that they had completed an investigation into an alleged attempted terrorist attack near Hanina Farm in Samaria. Their joint statement said a prosecutor’s declaration was submitted on November 11 concerning attempted murder and planning military activity, following the arrest of a Palestinian man in his thirties from the village of Ramon. According to the statement, the man arrived near the farm on the morning of October 5 carrying a gas lighter and a knife approximately 10 centimetres long. Police said he set fire to a vehicle and intended to stab people at the farm. The statement quoted him as saying during questioning: “I set fire to a vehicle near a tent of Jewish settlers, and at the same time I planned to stab a settler.” Farm residents spotted the incident, subdued the suspect and called police, the agencies said. Officers from Binyamin police station and forensic investigators collected evidence at the scene and recovered the lighter and knife. Police said the suspect suffered minor injuries while being subdued and received hospital treatment. The Judea and Samaria District Central Unit’s counterterrorism unit conducted the investigation together with Shin Bet. The suspect’s detention was extended periodically during the investigation, according to the statement. Alongside the prosecutor’s declaration, continued detention through the legal proceedings was requested.