Maj. Gen. (res.) Avi Mizrahi, former head of the IDF Central Command, said on 103FM that the deadly incident near the village of Tell should not be classified as a terror attack. He described it as 'friction' driven by Israeli residents of Judea and Samaria who entered the town seeking confrontation.
Former IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. (res.) Avi Mizrahi weighed in on the deadly incident near the village of Tell on Tuesday morning, telling 103FM radio that the media's characterization of the event as a 'terror attack' is inaccurate. Mizrahi, who served as OC Central Command from 2008 to 2010, compared the event to the 2011 Itamar massacre in which terrorists murdered five members of the Fogel family — calling that a true terror attack. In the Tell incident, he argued, 'settlers entered the town, they seek friction, there is friction, and there are casualties.' He suggested that without the settlers' presence, the incident would not have occurred.
The comments come a day after former defense minister Moshe (Bogi) Ya'alon made a similar statement, which The Zioneer reported on Saturday, describing the incident as 'friction and Jewish terrorism.' Ya'alon's remarks drew significant attention on Arab media.
Mizrahi's statement adds to the public debate over the classification of the event and the broader tensions in Judea and Samaria. The exact circumstances of the incident remain under investigation.
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