Jerusalem, 8 November, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Border Police officers and Jerusalem District police arrested a 16-year-old eastern Jerusalem resident suspected of tearing a mezuzah from a home’s doorframe and spray-painting graffiti on its entrance door in the neighborhood of Silwan.
The incident was reported Thursday by a resident of Silwan’s Yemenite Jewish section, who returned home late at night to discover the mezuzah had been removed and graffiti sprayed on his door.
Officers from the Shalem police station and Border Police launched an investigation and conducted operations to identify those responsible.
Following investigative efforts, police traced the identity of a suspect and located him. The teenager was arrested and taken to Shalem station for questioning. He appeared before the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court, which extended his detention until November 10.
