Palestinian militants from the village of Ain Sinia set a third arson fire within an hour on Friday afternoon near the Tzur Lavi outpost in the Binyamin region of Judea and Samaria, according to a local report. Dozens of Jewish residents from across the area interrupted Shabbat preparations to fight the flames with leaf blowers and beaters; no injuries were reported. The security establishment has yet to respond to a pattern of arson attacks targeting settlements and outposts in the area.
This is the third arson fire set by Palestinian militants from Ain Sinia within an hour near the Tzur Lavi outpost in Binyamin, Judea and Samaria, on Friday afternoon, according to the source associated with the settlement movement. Dozens of Israeli residents from the wider area dropped Shabbat preparations and rushed to fight the blaze with improvised equipment; no injuries have been reported.
The attack fits into a broader and intensifying pattern of arson targeting Israeli settlements and agricultural outposts in Judea and Samaria this spring and summer. As The Zioneer has reported, similar arson incidents — including a fire near Tayibe on June 10, fires in Burqa and Deir Dibwan on June 15, and the large Bat Ayin fire on June 14 — have drawn civilian volunteer firefighters but often no immediate security-force response. Several suspects have been arrested in earlier cases, but local residents express frustration that arson attacks are not treated as terrorist offenses.
The report comes from a single unofficial source; there is no immediate IDF or police confirmation. The number of arson incidents across the region this season, and whether a coordinated campaign is underway, remains unverified.
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