Looting arrests in northern Israel

APPREHENDED: Suspects arrested after destroying antiquities in illegal excavation. The suspects were equipped with manual digging tools and a backhoe and were carrying out destructive and illegal excavations on Khirbat al-Jahush land (Jerusalem Post).

Israel HaYom has photos of the damage here.

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