2 charged with stealing vehicles from Be’eri belonging to murdered, evacuated residents

Police say two people have been charged over the theft of vehicles from Kibbutz Be’eri in the Gaza border area, noting that some of the owners were killed in the Hamas onslaught on October 7.

In a statement, police say the two suspects gained access to the vehicles by volunteering to help civilians and soldiers move equipment and cars in the aftermath of the terror assault.

Police say the two — residents of Holon and Bareket in the center of the country — conspired to take advantage of having access to a closed military area, and stole the vehicles from Be’eri and then transferred them to the West Bank.

The suspects loaded the stolen vehicles onto a tow truck owned by one of them, and stole five vehicles belonging to members of the kibbutz who were murdered or evacuated from their homes.

Police say the suspects were arrested last month and indicted today.

Be’eri was one of the hardest-hit communities in the devastating attack by Hamas on October 7.