Incident Summary:

09/07/2020: Assailants set fire to a Jewish-Arab school in Newe Shalom, Jerusalem, Israel. No group claimed responsibility for the incident.

GTD ID:
202009070020

When:
2020-09-07

Country:
Israel

Region:
Middle East & North Africa

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Jerusalem

City:
Newe Shalom

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Educational Institution
Name of Entity School of Neve Shalom / Wahat al-Salam
Specific Description Jewish-Arab School
Nationality of Target Israel
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Incendiary Arson/Fire
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?No
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Unknown No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"Arsonist sets fire to library in Jewish-Arab peace village in Israel," Deutsche Presse-Agentur, September 7, 2020.
"Fire breaks out at Arab-Jewish school for second time in a week," Arutz Sheva, September 8, 2020.
"Arson suspected as 2nd fire in a week damages Arab-Jewish school near Jerusalem," The Times of Israel, September 7, 2020.