Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for the launch of “large-scale operations” in the occupied West Bank, reports. Smotrich on X that a cabinet meeting will take place today which “will deal with steps to eradicate terrorism in Judea and Samaria (a biblical term referring to the occupied West Bank)”. His comments follow yesterday’s bus shooting attack there that killed three Israelis. “In Judea and Samaria, as in other arenas, we must move from defence to offence and launch extensive operations within the terrorist nests until the weapons and terrorists are completely destroyed,” Smotrich said.