A car belonging to the family of Hanan Abu Shehadeh, the 30-year-old, nine-months-pregnant Arab woman attacked in Jaffa last weekend, was vandalized overnight, she says.
She is due to give birth today, according to the Walla news site.
Video shared by Hebrew-language media shows the car with at least one broken window.
“Another violent incident that deepens the feeling of threat and panic amid our family and amid the entire Arab community,” says her partner Fadi Himal, in remarks quoted by Walla.
“It seems someone is trying to scare and silence us, so that we’ll stop demanding [law] enforcement and justice. But we’re not deterred,” he says.
The Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday extended the detention of three people accused of carrying out the attack, which police have said was premeditated and done with a racist motive. The suspects say a conflict broke out spontaneously, and they acted in self-defense.
The incident has brought hundreds of protesters to the streets in Jaffa and prompted a brief strike in protest.
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