Security officials have revealed that the terrorists who planted a 49-kilogram car bomb in the yishuv of Ateret early Monday morning intended to massacre dozens of children.

Shooting attack in Binyamin. A terrorist opened fire at an Israeli vehicle at the Rawavi intersection. The vehicle continued to be treated at the entrance to Ateret. An Israeli was moderately injured. The terrorist fled to Bir Zeit.

The reserve officer who was injured in the stabbing attack at the gas station near Rantis is a resident of Ateret. Yisrael Gantz: "He has an important part in the ongoing security of the settlements of Binyamin and now he was on the front line against a criminal terrorist."