Electrical cables cut at Hashomer Hachadash compound in the Negev - damage estimated at tens of thousands

Electrical cables were cut and infrastructure was vandalized at a Hashomer Hachadash compound in the Negev. The organization claims it was deliberate sabotage with a criminal motive, and that the damage is estimated at tens of thousands of shekels.

Heavy damage was caused to electrical infrastructure at a new compound of the Hashomer Hachadash organization in Mitzpe Yonatan, Arad. Copper electrical cables were cut, uprooted, and disconnected, infrastructure was vandalized, and fences were breached. The damage is estimated at tens of thousands of shekels. The compound is intended for participants in a pre-military program named after Staff Sergeant Guy Simhi, who fell in battle against Hamas terrorists at Kibbutz Re'im on October 7. The organization claims it was deliberate sabotage with a criminal motive, not random vandalism. Yoel Zilberman, CEO and founder of Hashomer Hachadash, accused criminal elements and said: "We came here to build a future, education, Zionism. A bunch of criminals came to destroy." He added that this is an attempt at criminal takeover, and that the organization will not move from the site. Following the incident, the organization called on law enforcement to act against those responsible.