This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Karnei Shomron (Hebrew: קַרְנֵי שׁוֹמְרוֹן, lit.

"Rays (of light) of Samaria") is an Israeli settlement organized as a local council established in 1977 in the West Bank, east of Kfar Saba.

[2] According to ARIJ, Israel confiscated land from four nearby Palestinian villages of in order to construct Karnei Shomron: In 1991, several Israeli settlements were merged to become a single municipality called Karnei Shomron Local Council: Also part of Karnei Shomron are: The town borders Wadi Qana, a wadi marking the border between lands that are believed to have been the territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (Menashe) in biblical times.

[citation needed] Igal Lahav is the head of the Karnei Shomron Local Council.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack.