The forces stealthily entered the building where the hostages were held, as the surrounding apartments were full of armed terrorists.
The northern resident also worked to recruit other Israeli Arabs to help in promoting terrorist activity within Israel.
"We came to the decision that we don't want to fight and as soon as the army comes we will turn ourselves in," said Abu al-Baraa.
Yoram Cohen said that the Netanyahu-led governments also failed to take any initiative to eliminate top Hamas leaders, only attacking such leaders in response to moves by Hamas.
In Nablus and Tubas, Israeli forces arrested wanted individuals who were in possession of weapons and military gear.
In view of the host’s persistence on the issue, Bennett emphasized his point by saying: "If Osama bin Laden is in a hospital and his thumb is injured, do you go in and kill him? The answer is yes."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fought hard against establishing any commission anytime in the foreseeable future and has tried to blame anyone other than himself for the October 7 failure.
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