Police forces again demolished the budding community of Maoz Esther in Samaria. Israel National News was there before and during the destruction.

Around 50 police officers demolished the budding community of Maoz Esther near Kochav HaShachar in Samaria on Thursday for a second time. Five houses and a synagogue were destroyed by large tractors while the dozen or so residents stood by and could do little but watch.

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Maoz Esther was founded a year and a half ago only a few hundred yards from Kochav HaShachar in memory of Esther Galia, who was shot and killed by terrorists while driving home to Kochav HaShachar. The synagogue at the site is named Shirat Yonadav in memory of Yonadav Hirschfeld who was killed in the Mercaz HaRav terrorist attack.

Five families live in Maoz Esther and they promised to begin rebuilding their homes already the same day the goverment destroyed them.

Maoz Esther Before Being Destroyed

Yehudah Lev Kay

Synagogue Shirat Yonadav, Named for Yonadav Hirschefeld

Yehudah Lev Kay