Shomron residents, who unfortunately have a great deal of experience with Arab terror attacks, will be heading to assist their brethren in Tel Aviv beginning on Tuesday afternoon, 24 Teves.

A representatives of the program explained to Kol Chai Radio host Mordechai Lavi on Tuesday morning that later in the day, they will head to Tel Aviv and begin escorting children home from schools as the city is in the fifth day of a terror alert.

Tuesday is day five of the manhunt for terrorist Nashat Melhem, who perpetrated the Dizengoff shooting attack on erev Shabbos. A heavy police presence is still visible in the city as Melhem is at large and believed to still be in possession of an automatic weapon, the one used in the attack.

The Shomron residents feel this is an area in which they can assist as they are more accustomed to the stress of Arab terror. In addition, it is pointed out that many Shomron residents have gun permits while the same is not true of Tel Aviv residents. Therefore, they decided to travel to Tel Aviv and add to the security force protecting the city’s school children.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)