A group of Arabs and Israeli collaborators attacked a home in a Jewish startup neighborhood in Samaria Wednesday morning, killed a dog and burned holy books, while the residents were away protecting a nearby olive orchard.

The neighborhood that was attacked is called Chursha and is located next to the community of Adei Ad which was established ten years ago. The residents number about a dozen.

According to Evyatar Karo, one of Chursha's residents, the Arabs and Israeli anarchists carried out a successful ruse before their attack when they told police that they had come to harvest olives. The police then notified Chursha's residents that officers and soldiers were escorting the Arabs to pick olives. This apparently caused the neighborhood's residents to leave their homes without guards - except for their dogs - and go off to guard a nearby olive grove planted by Jews several years ago, which Arabs claim is on their land.

The attack took place at around 8 a.m., under the cover of fog. Karo estimates that the attackers numbered at least 20 Arabs and a few Israeli anarchists. The perpetrators parked their car in the nearby village of Turmus-Ayah, north of Jerusalem, and reached Chursha by foot. They then proceeded to burn and destroy the living quarters and meager furnishings, and to kill Kacha, a mixed-breed female Caucasian Shepherd puppy. Kacha's carcass bears signs of violence, and she seems to have been beaten or bludgeoned to death...