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Katz Calls Emergency Meeting Over Attacks on IDF Troops in Samaria

Defense Minister Israel Katz convened an urgent meeting with all security officials today to address a growing pattern of attacks on IDF soldiers and security forces operating in Judea and Samaria. "This phenomenon must be stopped immediately," Katz declared, promising to deploy "all measures" to eliminate what he described as violence that must be "uprooted from its roots." The defense minister emphasized that no one would be permitted to "raise a hand against IDF soldiers and security personnel" who are conducting round-the-clock operations to protect settlers and combat Palestinian terrorism in the West Bank. Katz highlighted the particular burden on reserve soldiers, many of whom have been serving "with exceptional dedication for hundreds of days since the October 7th events." He vowed that authorities would not allow "any violent handful" to target these forces.