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‘Pogrom’
2 March 2023
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9 Adar 5783
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Issue No.1304
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A woman in Huwara outside her destroyed home and (main image) burned-out cars in the town
The funerals of brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, who were killed in Huwara on Sunday
IDF’s dire verdict after Jewish mob sets West Bank village ablaze
by Jotam Confino in Israel @mrconfino jotam@jewishnews.co.uk
The Israeli army has condemned what it called a ‘pogrom’ carried out by rioting Jewish settlers in a Palestinian West Bank town. More than 300 vigilantes took part in a revenge rampage on the town of Huwara, setting fire to 75 homes and more than 100 cars in response to a Palestinian terrorist attack that killed two Israelis the same day in the town. Video documentation showed large parts of Huwara burning, with Israeli soldiers having to rescue a Palestinian family whose house had been set on fire while they were inside. The IDF said it treated the attacks as terrorism.
In addition to setting homes and cars ablaze, a 37-yearold Palestinian man was killed and two others were shot and wounded. Another person was stabbed and one was beaten with a metal bar. More than 100 Palestinians were injured in total. Video shows settlers davening after the riot, as flames engulf cars and buildings. “This was a pogrom by outlaws, said Maj-Gen Yehuda Fuchs, commanding officer of the IDF Central Command. “We were not prepared for that amount of people and the extent and intensity of the violence they demonstrated. This was a bad incident that was not meant to happen. I was meant to have prevented it.” According to Israeli journalists on the ground, it took Continued on pages 2 & 3