The suspect put down a backpack containing a self-made nail bomb at the Christmas market on Nov. 26, but the device did not go off because the detonator failed, according to local media.

“The threat from what is happening now is whether Diaspora Jewry and Israel will continue their journey as one people.”

Liberman: No tolerance of violence, but there is empathy for residents.

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The United Nations says 50,000 people remain in rebel-held Aleppo.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Amona residents to "act responsibly" and with restraint in order to prevent a repeat of violent clashes which occurred in 2006.

The target, Mohhamed Alzoari, known to Israel's security echelon as "The Engineer," was found shot to death inside his vehicle in the city of Sfax, local media reported.

The senior Palestinian official added that if such moves were to come to fruition, it would have dire consequences on an already precarious and unstable region.