Suspect in the murder of Ori Ansbacher arrested near Ramallah

Ansbacher’s body was found in Ein Yael in Jerusalem on Thursday. Her remains were laid to rest on Friday in her hometown of Tekoa in Gush Etzion.

IDF and police forces have arrested a Palestinian suspected in committing the brutal murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher, according to the police spokesperson’s unit.

The suspect was been arrested near Ramallah, and was reported to be living in Hebron.

“The joint investigation of the Israel Police and the General Security Service led the Border Police unit of the Border Police, the Shin Bet security forces and the IDF to carry out operations in Ramallah, in the framework of which a suspect was arrested in the murder of Ori Ansbacher in Jerusalem,” the Border Police spokesperson said in a released statement.

“From the moment that the body of Ori Ansbacher, 19, was found in the Ein Yael area of ​​Jerusalem, a joint investigation team of the Israel Police and the General Security Service to work together to locate every piece of information and evidence that could lead to the identity of the suspect.”

“The suspect was arrested in Ramallah, and the suspect, a resident of Hebron, was interrogated by the GSS. There is a gag order on every detail of the investigation, except for what is written in this notice,” the statement concluded.

Border Police units encountered serious disturbances upon arriving in Ramallah, as stones, pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails were thrown at security vehicles, according to Yediot Aharonot.