A group of Palestinians from Judea and Samaria have been accused of carrying out a string of thefts that targeted sites including the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Center in Jerusalem, Channel 12 News reported Monday.
According to Yad Vashem, the burglars targeted its offices and not the museum itself.
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The gang is also accused of robbing a shooting range in Caesarea on three different occasions and stealing 33 statues worth tens of millions of shekels from a museum at Kibbutz Hazorea in the Jezreel Valley. The robberies took place from August to December 2020.
In the hearing, the prosecution said the gang had showed sophistication and daring in committing the large-scale burglaries, causing extensive property damage in the process.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
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