Israeli settlers set fire to Christian homes in ancient town of Taybeh
Armed Jewish settlers in the city of Hebron. Photo: Shutterstock
A group of Israeli settlers attacked the town of Taybeh using Molotov cocktails and firearms. The attackers set fire to agricultural land and residential homes and also attempted to blow up a local gas station, according to LifeSiteNews.
According to human rights activist Ihab Hassan, local residents are living in fear because “the settlers opened fire on homes and civilians,” while flames surrounded the town.
Ancient Taybeh holds special significance for the Christian world, as it is identified with the biblical city of Ephraim, where the Lord Jesus Christ withdrew before His Passion, according to the Gospel of John (11:54).
Today, Taybeh is the last exclusively Christian town in the West Bank. Local clergy say the community is under a real “siege,” aimed at economically strangling believers and forcibly driving them from their land.
As previously reported by the UOJ, ultra-Orthodox demonstrators blocked highways and railway tracks, demanding an end to the arrest of those refusing military service.
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