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Huwara terrorist manhunt continues, Israel bolsters West Bank forces

A company from the elite Sayeret Givati unit, as well two other IDF companies, were transferred to reinforce Israeli security forces in the West Bank on Monday, as tensions rose and the manhunt for the terrorist behind the Huwara attack continued.

The decision to provide extra reinforcements in the West Bank came after two Israeli brothers, Hillel Menachem Yaniv and Yagel Ya’acov Yaniv, were murdered in a shooting attack in the Palestinian town of Huwara on Sunday. Overnight, settlers burned dozens of buildings and vehicles in the town and in additional locations around the West Bank.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post