Maariv: The political and military echelons bear the failure in preventing the Hebron operation. Soldiers of the "Ari" battalion confronted the armed men from a low place surrounded by illegal buildings that the authorities knew about and did not destroy before the operation under the pretext of a lack of machinery. After two deaths and the injury of soldiers, officials rushed to talk about previous warnings and plans for large-scale operations, even though it was their duty to act in advance to prevent known threats.