In the wake of Thursday's terrorist attack on the ultra-Orthodox town of Elad, Israeli authorities are flooded with applications for firearm permits.
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A particularly spike has been noted among Haredi applicants, while the overall volume of applications is three-fold in the immediate aftermath of the attack, in which two terrorists murdered three civilians after making their way from Judea and Samaria through the Green Line.
According to the figures released by the Interior Ministry at the request of Israel Hayom, more than 5,000 Israelis inquired by phone on the application process, which is three times higher than a week earlier.
More than 630 applications were filed on Monday this week, compared to just over 240 on Monday in the previous week. More than 22,000 applications have been filed since March, when the most recent terrorist spate started.
"This is unprecedented and truly amazing," senior officials at the ministry said. "We have never encountered such a volume of applications. This shows just how shaken people's sense of security is."
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