Arabs put fire to the synagogue at Yad Yair, in the Binyamin region of Samaria, for the second time in six months. Congregants who arrived at the synagogue for prayers Friday morning found it going up in flames. The Torah scrolls, Torah books and other holy books were all consumed in the blaze.
The Arabs also defaced the memorial to terror victim Yair Mendelson, located next to the synagogue. They destroyed a playground for children and placed a torn Israeli flag under some rocks on the approach road.
The synagogue, located near Dolev, has been burned down twice in the past year, and this is the third time.