Bedouins arrived overnight and vandalized a memorial corner for IDF Golani soldier Yehuda Peretz, a resident of a Negev community, according to local reports. The memorial, which marks the second such defacement, had equipment damaged, wooden benches burned, and signs and the Israeli flag smeared. A police complaint has been filed.
Overnight Thursday, Bedouins defaced a memorial corner for Golani Brigade soldier Yehuda Peretz in his home community in the Negev — the second such act of vandalism at the site, according to local reports. The perpetrators damaged equipment, burned wooden benches, and smeared the memorial plaques and the Israeli flag. A police complaint has been filed.
This latest attack follows a string of vandalism against national symbols in southern Israel. As The Zioneer reported last week, a large Israeli flag was torn from a memorial for October 7 fallen soldiers in nearby Rethmim, and the community's entrance sign was spray-painted with Bedouin tribe graffiti. Several other incidents targeting Israeli sovereignty symbols have been reported across the Negev and elsewhere in recent weeks. The perpetrators remain unidentified, and no arrests have been reported.
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