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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Right-wing activists stage display of mock Hamas invasion in central Israel’s Kfar Saba
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Israel Police have opened an investigation after a display reminiscent of the October 7, 2023, terror assault was set up in the central city of Kfar Saba overnight.
The exhibit, staged by a group of right-wing activists, featured mannequins dressed to resemble Hamas operatives with military fatigues, green headbands and fake weapons standing atop a white pickup truck, the likes of which were driven across the Gaza border into Israel by invading terrorists.
A small sign pasted on the back of the truck read: “The display is for illustration purposes only!” However, a resident of the city tells the Walla news site that the notice didn’t help assuage the fear she experienced when she came across the scene.
“I was afraid they would kill me,” she tells the outlet. “I was so scared and I was sure that terrorists had entered Kfar Saba from Samaria (in the West Bank).”
According to Walla, the protest was intended to show opposition to a ceasefire-hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas that came into effect on Sunday morning. During the first 42 days of the deal, Hamas will release 33 Israeli hostages — alive and dead — while Israel will release close to 2,000 Palestinian security prisoners in return.
הבוקר בכפר סבא
מיצג שממחיש קמצוץ ממה שיקרה
אם מדינת ישראל לא תחיש לכבוש את ג'נין, לגרש את מחבליה ולהקים שם התיישבות יהודית.
לא מבצע ולא גרביים.
מלחמת חורמה,
או שהנוחבות יגררו את בנות כפר סבא לג'נין pic.twitter.com/wP6LpNSqPu— איילת לאש (@ayeletlash9) January 23, 2025
In a post on X, right-wing activist Ayelet Lash claims that the scene was intended to display “a glimpse of what will happen if the State of Israel does not hurry to occupy Jenin, expel its terrorists and establish a Jewish settlement there.”
If it does not, Lash says, then the “Nukhba terrorists will drag the girls of Kfar Saba to Jenin.”
Jenin is a hotbed of Palestinian terror activity in the northern West Bank, where the IDF has been operating in recent days.
The scene was reported to the police by residents of Kfar Saba and it was taken down shortly after, and an investigation was opened into the incident.
אלמונים הציבו הבוקר מיצג בדמות מחבלים על גבי טנדר בכפר סבא. המיצג, כנראה במחאה על עסקת החטופים או על האיום המתמשך מצפון השומרון. pic.twitter.com/2RyDgioPRC
— חנן גרינווד (@hanan_green) January 23, 2025
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