An Israeli flag was removed from a memorial to Israeli soldiers and replaced with a Palestinian flag.
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The incident took place at a parking lot at the entrance to Kibbutz Ein Zivan in the Golan Heights at the site of a memorial to the slain IDF soldiers of the 36th Division's 134th Reconnaissance Battalion, who fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur, is situated.
After switching out the flags, the vandals shared a video of the Palestinian flag waving from the flagpole on social media. The video was seen by Golan residents, who were angered by the incident.
تغطية صحفية: "رفع علم فلسطين وإزالة علم الاحتلال في مستوطنة (عين زيفان) المقامة على أراضي الجولان المحتل". pic.twitter.com/r1VOcah0E8
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Amichai Zelliger, a resident of Moshav Yonatan in the Golan, told Israel Hayom he arrived at the memorial Sunday morning to restore the Israeli flag to its rightful place.
"I arrived at 5:45 before work and I saw the army had already switched it out at night, so I planted another flag. It's total defiance," he said.
Israel Hayom has learned that the officer responsible for restoring the Israeli flag was a Christian Arab officer from the 210th Division who was bothered by the sight of the Palestinian flag and decided to replace it himself.
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