Security forces evacuated the settlement outpost Maaleh Yonatan and demolished structures there overnight Saturday and early Sunday morning.
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The Nachala settlement movement expressed outrage that the outpost was being evacuated and razed before the terrorists who shot at an Egged bus on Saturday night near Ofra had been apprehended.
A volley of automatic gunfire was aimed at the bus, which was heading toward Ariel. The driver stopped at Shilo junction, where security forces and personnel from the Binyamin Regional Council met it.
None of the bus passengers were hurt, although the vehicle sustained damage and eight bullet holes were identified. IDF forces were in pursuit of the suspects. Arab reports noted a heavy deployment near the village Silwad.
Chairwoman of Nachala, Daniella Weiss, said Sunday that Defense Minister Benny Gantz "is focused on destroying homes of Jews rather than catching terrorists who put people traveling on the roads of Judea and Samaria in danger.
"Benny Gantz is carrying out a destructive left-wing policy. The mask has come off," Weiss said.
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