(Times of Israel) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the International Homeland Security Forum on Thursday that 70% of those carrying out terror attacks against Israelis had been killed during or immediately after the attack, a key factor in reducing terror. "The number of people who want to commit suicide is limited," he noted. Netanyahu said the "courage and initiative of Israeli citizens" to tackle terrorists was an important factor. "The number of Israeli citizens who have weapons is about 3%, maybe 4%," he said. "But that is enough to have them in any terrorist occurrence." "Quite a few times Israeli citizens, of their own volition, sometimes armed with small weapons and sometimes with their bare hands, helped stop this as well. That is the culture."
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