Police have arrested five people during a large-scale raid today on Tarabin al-Sana, a Bedouin town in the Negev, after two masked individuals set fire to cars in a neighboring Jewish town overnight.
Police claim the incident — in which the two suspects damaged dozens of vehicles — was a “revenge operation” for another police raid on the Bedouin village last night.
In security camera footage from the incident, the men are seen attempting to set fire to two cars parked on the street in Giv’ot Bar, just north of Tarabin al-Sana.
According to local outlets, the suspected attackers used a wire cutter to break through the town’s fence and then set cars on fire. Residents reportedly woke up to the sound of explosions.
Officers and Border Police are continuing to operate in Tarabin al-Sana. Of the five arrested today, several are suspected in last night’s arson, a police spokesman tells The Times of Israel.
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