Israeli Police Investigating 92 Cases of Online Incitement Since War

Jerusalem, 19 October, 2023 (TPS) -- Israeli Police said on Thursday morning they have opened 92 investigative cases into social media incitement since Oct. 7, the date Hamas began its assault on communities near the Gaza border.

Most recent was the Thursday morning arrested a resident of the northern town of Nof HaGalil for supporting and inciting terrorism on social media.

The suspect, identified as a woman in her 20s, posted videos inciting terrorism and violence, and expressing sympathy for the Hamas terror organization.

Investigators found on her phone other inciting videos, including several in which she holds a gun. In another, she slashes an Israeli flag with a knife.

On Tuesday, police arrested Dr. Dalal Abu Amneh, an Arab-Israeli singer, social media personality and research doctor in brain sciences and neurophysiology at the Technion Institute.