Overnight, more than 10 Jewish rioters raided the Palestinian village of Tuwani in the southern Hebron Hills, set fire to a mosque and a car, and sprayed 'price tag' graffiti, according to reports. No casualties or arrests were reported. Police have opened an investigation.
Overnight, more than 10 Jewish rioters raided the Palestinian village of Tuwani in the southern Hebron Hills, setting fire to a mosque and a vehicle and spraying "price tag" graffiti, according to reports. No casualties or arrests have been reported, and police have opened an investigation. This latest bulletin consolidates the full extent of the attack, which emerged in stages over the course of the morning.
The desk's first reports at 07:41 Jerusalem were based on a single unverified account of a price-tag attack. Within the same hour, Palestinian sources reported that a mosque had been set on fire, and shortly afterward the IDF and police confirmed that a vehicle was torched, a prayer structure door was damaged, and graffiti was spray-painted. At 09:46, Israel Hayom reported the mosque arson specifically. The current update, at 10:01, adds the car fire and graffiti — details that were already confirmed by official sources earlier in the morning — and presents the complete picture of the attack.
The Hebron Hills area has seen a series of price-tag attacks and related violence. The Zioneer reported on June 15 that settlers torched vehicles and a mosque east of Ramallah. On July 1 and July 6, price-tag attacks were reported near Hebron. On June 18, Arab suspects set fire to pastureland at Desert Book Farm in the southern Hebron region. The area has also seen Arab riots, including on June 5 when hundreds rioted near Adora, and a Jewish shepherd was lightly wounded in an attack on July 16.
No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. The identity and number of the perpetrators remain unconfirmed. The desk will continue to monitor developments.
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