The relentless war against agricultural terrorism in Judea and Samaria never ceases, and Wednesday evening proved once again that our security forces will not remain silent in the face of ongoing attacks against Jewish pioneer farming communities. Over the past two months, Arab terrorists operating out of the hostile village of Al-Mughayyir carried out a series of severe strikes against local farmsteads, looting sheep and goats from grazing herds at Givat Or Nachman and the Metzudat David Farm, alongside incidents of lethal livestock poisoning.
1+Whenever Israeli security forces entered the village’s fortified core to recover stolen livestock hidden in the local casbah, they were met with violent riots by hundreds of village residents hurling heavy stones and firing commercial-grade fireworks in calculated bids to thwart law enforcement.
On Wednesday evening, following another wave of livestock poisonings, IDF soldiers and officers from the Binyamin Police Station launched targeted sweeps to hunt down the terror cell, once again locating the stolen herds deep inside the village. During the operation, hundreds of Arab rioters mobilized, hurling boulders at the forces in a life-threatening confrontation that rapidly deteriorated into an attempted lynching.
1+Responding rapidly with operational resolve, troops opened precise fire toward the perpetrators, eliminating two terrorists on the spot and wounding several others. No Israeli casualties were reported. The forces continue to operate aggressively across the sector to safeguard residents and secure the continued growth and steadfast presence of Jewish communities throughout the Binyamin region.