The Israeli army today raided a Palestinian radio station and confiscated equipment making it inoperable for alleged incitement against Israeli citizens leading to the recent surge in violence in the Jewish state.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) this morning raided offices of radio station Minbar Al-Hurriah 92.7 FM in the West Bank city of Hebron, which has witnessed a series of bloody clashes between Palestinians and Israelis recently, and ordered that it be shut down. “The IDF will continue to take steps using every legal means at its disposal against the attackers and those assisting them to provide security to the residents of the state of Israel. The operation confiscating the equipment and closing the station is a necessary step in eliminating the incitement the results of which have been seen on the ground over the past month,” a statement from the Israeli army said.
The Hebron area in the West Bank has seen 29 attacks carried out by Palestinians, 22 of them attempts to stab with knives, with Israeli the defence establishment contending that “a campaign of lies and incitement” surrounding the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem has led to the situation.