Israeli-Arabs from Jaljulya were attacked by Israeli Jews in Bat Yam after entering the city with a vehicle on Tuesday evening, during Yom Kippur.
The Israeli-Arabs were attacked after they were accused by onlookers in the area of parking after the Yom Kippur fast had already begun.
The angry mob turned their vehicle over, according to reports citing witnesses and footage from the scene, and injured two who were rushed to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon for further treatment.
Masked assailants attack Hura residents
Five Israeli citizens from the Bedouin town of Hura in the South were also involved in altercations in Bat Yam with masked assailants during Yom Kippur, Israel Police said.
2 men who were injured during the fight on Tzafira Street in Bat Yam, a 21-year-old with a cut in the hip and a 24-year-old with bruises on the back, were evacuated by an MDA ambulance in minor condition to Wolfson Hospital.
בת ים, ערב כיפור, המון יהודי מסיים תפילה בבית הכנסת, לפתע רואה זוג ערבים נוסע בכביש. ההמון תוקף אותם ואת הרכב, הופך את הרכב על צידו, פוצע קל אחד הערבים, שמאושפז בבית החולים. pic.twitter.com/BQQpYcGiEl
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Minister of Public Security Omer Balev responded to the events, saying in a statement that it is "Sad and shameful. Not only because it is violence and the taking of the law into the hands of a mob, in a way that desecrates and humiliates Yom Kippur - but also because it is unethical and immoral behavior that has no place in our community every day of the year."
"Not only because it is violence and the taking of the law into the hands of a mob, in a way that desecrates and humiliates Yom Kippur - but also because it is unethical and immoral behavior that has no place in our community every day of the year."
Minister of Public Security Omer Balev