Police have arrested a man from the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan over threatening graffiti that was spraypainted on a wall outside the offices of the Channel 13 news network.
The message, an apparent death threat, read: “The blood of the traitors will be cleared for publication,” the latter phrase paraphrasing a term generally used by the IDF when it announces the deaths of soldiers.
The graffiti came as broadcast agencies warned of a sharp uptick in incitement against journalists.
Police from the Tel Aviv district announce that investigators used “a range of investigative techniques, including advanced technological means, to identify the suspect.”
The man, 43, was arrested at his home, where police say materials “relevant to the investigation” were found.
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