West Bank: Palestinian Family’s Home Is Set on Fire
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Version 0 of 1. Assailants burned the entrance of a Palestinian family’s home in the West Bank village of Sinjil early Thursday. Hebrew graffiti sprayed on a stone wall outside suggested that the arson was an act of revenge by Jewish extremists for the fatal stabbing of an Israeli soldier by a Palestinian teenager the day before. The graffiti read “Regards from Eden, revenge!” apparently a reference to Eden Atias, the soldier who was stabbed on a bus in northern Israel. The house, belonging to the Dar Khalil family, which has no known connection with the stabbing, was set on fire as the parents and five children slept inside. They escaped without serious injury. The Israeli police said an investigation was underway. Also Thursday, Israeli warplanes attacked two concealed rocket launchers in northern Gaza after two rockets fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel, according to the military. No injuries were reported on either side. |