Two Jewish shepherds were injured on Thursday morning after Palestinian Arabs beat them with clubs and pummeled them with large sharp rocks while they were picking olives near the Rimonim intersection in Binyamin.

One shepherd suffered a serious head injury and was knocked unconscious. Paramedics evacuated him and the second victim, who was lightly to moderately wounded, to Shaare Tzedek Hospital in Jerusalem.

Meanwhile, the Arab terrorists fled to the village of Dier Jarr.

An initial investigation showed that the Arabs waited in ambush for the Jews under the cover of the olive harvest.

Eliyahu Ochiyon, a resident of Kochav HaShachar, described the scene: “This was a very serious incident. When I arrived at the scene, I saw two injured shepherds, one unconscious and having convulsions.”

“The terrorists who were holding clubs approached the shepherds under the auspices of an Arab harvest that was taking place near the intersection, suddenly emerged from among the olive trees and carried out a brutal lynching of the shepherds. These are dedicated shepherds, who live with their families on the nearby farm.”

“The writing was on the wall in bright red. Recently, the residents of the area have repeatedly warned that the Arab harvest is a cover for planning violent attacks against Jews but the IDF ignored it and decided to allow this terrible disaster. Today we received its results in the form of dear Jews who were seriously injured.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)