Malicious writings were spray-painted and tires of 20 vehicles were punctured overnight Thursday by two masked men in the northern Arab village of Yafia near Nazareth.
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The suspects, who are yet to be located, caused severe damage to property in the neighborhood of Marah al-Ghuzlan in the village, spraying the Star of David alongside the words "revenge," "price tag," and "mutual responsibility" on vehicles and houses.
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Photo: Malicious graffiti with the words 'mutual responsibility'
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The police arrived at the scene to gather evidence and launched an investigation into the matter.
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One of Yafia's residents told Ynet that he had discovered Friday morning that his family's vehicles were vandalized.
"At 6 am we went down to our backyard and were shocked to see that all of our vehicles' tires had been punctured, with hateful graffiti spayed all over the place.
"We immediately called the police and began looking into the possibility the incident was criminal," he explained.
"After the police arrived, it was concluded the incident was nationalistically-motivated, in light of the fact additional vehicles were sprayed and the whole neighborhood was sprayed with malicious writings," he elaborated.
The resident added that "two masked men were walking around the neighborhood at 1:35 am and could not be identified.
This incident is very serious and we hope the police capture them," he concluded.