Prophet Joshua's altar, located on Mount Ebal in Judea and Samaria, has been vandalized again, the right-wing NGO Shomrim al Hanetzach said this week.
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The area is located in Area B of the West Bank, which is under the civilian control of the Palestinian Authority.
In February, the organization reported a similar incident, when Palestinian roadwork destroyed portions of a 3,200-year-old wall of the biblical site. The perpetrators of this week's vandalism are unknown.
The Shomrim al Hanetzach report showed walls that had been broken, and stones removed from the altar, as well as damage to the exterior wall of the site.
Video: Shomrim al Hanetzach
The Samaria Regional Council, under whose jurisdiction the site falls, expressed concern for the safety of Joshua's altar, which is one of few structures that remains intact from the period the Jewish people entered the land of Israel more than 2,000 years ago, and as such, has unique historic value.
This is one of a series of events that the Israeli government refuses to address, Shomrim al Hanetzach said in a statement.
"The Biblical and Hasmonean sites are being destroyed before our very eyes. It is a shame and a disgrace for the Jewish people and the Israeli government. Our Bible is being destroyed," it said.
"We call on prime minister [Naftali Bennett] and defense minister [Benny Gantz] to intervene immediately and get the archaeological site restored professionally before it's too late. The writing is on the wall," the NGO said.
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