
IDF widens West Bank sweep after Neveh Tzuf attack
Following the Neveh Tzuf shooting that killed an Israeli hiker, the IDF raided several West Bank areas during Yom Kippur, mapped the suspected attacker’s home in Biddu, and prepared a mass-arrest operation; the 37-year-old Hamas operative is believed to have acted alone, and Hamas praised the attack as a legitimate and heroic response.