Last night, terrorists from the village of Al-Mughayyir in the Binyamin region broke into a Jewish farm near the Allon Road and poisoned close to ten water cisterns with a mixture of a toxic substance and oil. The shepherd, who arrived to water his flock in the afternoon, noticed the suspicious substance, but several sheep had already developed severe poisoning symptoms. Security forces launched searches and discovered that all the cisterns in the area had been poisoned. This is the ninth incident of its kind in the last two years.
Last night, under the cover of darkness, terrorists from the village of Al-Mughayyir in the Binyamin area broke into the pasture lands of a Jewish farm near the Allon Road with the intention of poisoning the water wells.
The terrorists identified the water cisterns in advance, broke the locks securing them, and poured in a mixture of a toxic substance and oil. The use of oil in addition to the poison was designed to make the poison float on top of the water and come up in the very first bucket drawn for the sheep.
In the afternoon, the shepherd arrived to water his flock. When he lowered the bucket into the cistern, he noticed a suspicious substance on the surface of the water and immediately stopped the watering. However, for some of the sheep, it was already too late — a few minutes later, several of them began foaming at the mouth and convulsing. The shepherd alerted the farm residents and security forces.
When the forces arrived at the scene and began scanning, it became clear that the damage was far more severe than it initially appeared — not just one cistern had been poisoned, but nearly all the cisterns across the area. At this hour, the shepherds are fighting for the lives of the affected sheep and providing them with emergency veterinary care, while police forces collect evidence from the scene.
This is the ninth attack of its kind in the last two years. Poisoning terrorism has become a central attack tool in recent years against Jewish farms and livestock in Judea and Samaria. The method is sophisticated, operating under the cover of night, and allows terrorists to severely harm livelihoods and animals without risking direct confrontation with security forces. The Judea & Samaria Situation Room is monitoring the trend.
Questions and Answers
- What happened in the poisoning attack near the Allon Road? Terrorists from the village of Al-Mughayyir broke into a Jewish farm at night, broke locks, and poisoned close to ten water cisterns with a mixture of poison and oil. Several sheep developed severe poisoning symptoms after drinking from the cisterns. Security forces launched searches and discovered that all the cisterns in the area had been poisoned.
- What is poisoning terrorism in Judea and Samaria? An expanding method of attack in which terrorists poison the water cisterns of Jewish farms. The current incident is the ninth in the last two years. The method is becoming more sophisticated — the use of oil to ensure the concentration of poison in the first draw indicates advance planning and high operational awareness.
- What is the connection between the village of Al-Mughayyir and violence against Jews? The village of Al-Mughayyir in Binyamin has been involved in the past in incidents of violence against Jewish settlers and farms in the area. The current attack continues a pattern of nighttime incursions into Jewish farm territories to inflict deliberate and systematic damage.
