'Revenge for Benayahu': Police probe suspected price tag attack on Palestinian village near Nablus
Israel Police received a report of the incident, opened an investigation, and are preparing to enter the area with the IDF.
Residents of the Palestinian village of Awarta awoke on Sunday morning to a scene of destruction. A building had been set on fire, a vehicle was torched, and the village's walls bore the marks of angry graffiti. The words "Revenge 30 for Benayahu" and "Death to the enemy, freedom for the homeland" were spray-painted across the village.
These messages were in reference to the 30 days since Captain (res.) Benayahu Mellet, an emergency response team member and agriculture coordinator at Gilad Farm, was killed in a terror attack alongside Major Yuval Ezra on July 27. Two others were wounded in the incident. The Israeli Police were alerted to the arson and are planning to enter the area with the IDF.
Clashes erupted near Nablus just days after the terror attack following a group of Israelis entering the West Bank village of Tal and moving toward the city outskirts. Israelis reportedly faced resistance from Palestinians who threw stones at them. One Israeli reportedly fired into the air. No injuries were reported in the clashes.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and Border Police announced on August 11 that they had destroyed the home of the terrorist responsible for killing Ezra and Mellet. However, a separate incident occurred that same day in which settlers are said to have dragged a donkey to death behind a tractor near Hebron. Footage shared on social media showed the struggling animal as the vehicle moved. The donkey had reportedly been stolen from a nearby Palestinian town.
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