Burning of vehicles following the search for the 14-year-old boy Binyamin/according to section 27 a
As the fear grows that 14-year-old Binyamin Ahimeir was kidnapped today (Friday) for nationalist reasons - Palestinians are reporting what appear to be "retaliatory actions" by the residents of the area. In the village of Khirbat Abu Falah, near the village of al-Mu'air, which the IDF is targeting as part of the search for the boy, it is reported this evening that several vehicles were set on fire by settlers, and that a Palestinian driver was stoned and injured.
As part of the search, IDF special forces and aircraft operated today in the Al-Mu'air area, including a masking unit that specializes in soil analysis, and preparations have been made for scans that will continue tonight as well. As part of the search for the boy, several light bombs were fired this evening near the two villages.
The canine unit of the police began the search efforts, in which IDF forces and residents of the area are also involved, who came to the aid of the searchers.
An IDF spokesperson said that the commander of the Central Command, the commander of the IOS Division and the commander of the Benjamin Brigade are in the field and are leading the forces in the search for the boy. The forces block Axes and perform scans in the space.
Against the background of the searches, earlier today violent protests developed in the Al-Mu'air area, and then also clashes between settlers and Palestinian residents of the village. The IDF and MGB forces at the scene tried to separate the parties. MDA teams began treating Israeli citizens who were injured in the riots, and treated, among other things, a 16-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man who were lightly injured, as well as another Israeli citizen who was shot and slightly-moderately injured. The Palestinians, for their part, reported one person killed in the riots, and several wounded. Finally, all the Israelis were taken out Al-Mu'air in the hands of the security forces.
At the same time, the IDF refused to block the exits from other villages in the area leading to Ramallah and Nablus. In response to this, many residents arrived on their own accord and began to independently block the Arab vehicles. The residents claimed that they were trying to prevent a scenario of the boy's abduction into the heart of the Arab cities.
Miriam, Binyamin's mother, issued a public statement today and asked everyone to do a good deed and dedicate themselves to finding her son. "If everyone can dedicate their good deed so that some miracle will happen here, that he will return to us today. If it's a good word, a good deed, keeping Shabbat," asked the mother, "I believe in miracles, I believe it can happen with the help of all of us."