A new front for Palestinian terror is opening up in Israel’s Gilboa region as residents reveal growing levels of attacks from Jenin and the northern areas of the Palestinian Authority.
“This is a national problem, not just our private problem. We won’t allow turning our homes in Gan Ner into another otef community, this time around Jenin,” Gidi Ovadia, deputy chairman of the Gan Ner community council, told The Press Service of Israel. Otef refers to the Gaza border region where Hamas attacked more than 20 Israeli communities on October 7.
“It is becoming more intense. This cannot be accepted as normal,” Ovadia said.
Gan Ner, a community of approximately 700 families, sits on the slopes of Mount Gilboa. As one drives along Gan Ner’s outlying roads, a picturesque pastoral valley scene unfolds until concrete barricades at the side of the road abruptly come into view. On the other side of the barricades lie greenhouses in the adjacent Palestinian Authority.