Commander of the Judea and Samaria District, Superintendent Moshe Finchi, stated that “we will not allow criminal organizations to connect and cooperate with terrorist organizations, to establish a foothold in the areas of Judea and Samaria as havens and staging grounds for criminal and security terror exports, and any such attempt will be met with an uncompromising response.” The Commissioner of Police, Commissioner-General Danny Levi: “We will continue to strike at the heads of the organizations, their economic infrastructures, and their operational capabilities, until their complete collapse.”