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Three Palestinians arrested for suspected arson attacks
2016-12-19
[IsraelTimes] Suspects are accused of setting fires in West Bank for ’nationalistic’ motives during a rash of wildfires last month.

Three Paleostinians were tossed in the slammer
Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'!
in November by Israeli security forces on suspicion of deliberately setting fires during a wave of blazes that broke out across Israel and the West Bank, the Shin Bet security agency said on Sunday.

The arrests -- which had previously been under gag order -- were carried out in a joint operation by the IDF, the Israel Police and the Shin Bet on November 26, the domestic security agency said.

The three suspects, Joad Mohammad Faiz Dahr, 19, Hamdan Saqr Hamdan Lami, 19, and Yazid Ahmad Hamdan Lami, 24, are all from the Paleostinian village of Iskaka in the northern West Bank.

According to a Shin Bet spokesperson, the three have been accused of carrying out arson attacks next to their village and near an access road to the settlement of Ariel.

Although it was not specified on which date they allegedly set the fires, three suspects were spotted by security cameras on November 25 attempting to ignite a blaze outside of Ariel.

The Shin Bet said that the suspects are accused of committing arson with nationalistic motives.

The cases have been transferred from the Shin Bet to the IDF’s Military Advocate General, where the three are expected to stand trial.

The arrests of the men came at the tail end of a series of fires that ravaged Israel between November 18 and November 26, many of which are believed to have been deliberately set.

According to Fire Services front man Yoram Levy, there were over 2,000 brush fires during this period, with 39 of them considered to be major. Fifty of the fires are currently being investigated as potential arson attacks.

In all, at least 35 people have been arrested in connection with the fires but almost all of them have since been released.
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