Terror victim association Almagor responded to this morning’s brutal massacre at a synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood.

“You cannot continue to wage a low-intensity battle in the face of a third intifada which is patterned after the Islamic State beheadings and stabbings. Israeli citizens are now paying the price for the containment and restraint policies opposite violent demonstrations that keep escalating into bigger and more extreme terror attacks,” they said.

Lt. Col. Meir Indor, head of Almagor, said “Israel should announce a second defense shield in Samaria, Judea and eastern Jerusalem, and within its framework, should effect the arrests of the 80 Palestinian Authority and Hamas representatives within these neighborhoods. The lists of their names exist—the decision [to take action], no.”