IDF SHRINE DESECRATED WITH SWASTIKAS

IDF shrine desecrated with swastikas (JPost)
On the day when Jews around the world marked the destruction of the two ancient Jewish Temples, a Jerusalem military monument dedicated to fallen IDF soldiers was desecrated with swastikas on Tuesday.

The monument, located in a city community center in the Katamonim neighborhood, was found covered with swastikas, anti-Supreme Court slogans and quotes from the Book of Psalms, officials said.

The august memorial is dedicated to the memory of 270 neighborhood residents who fell in battle since the creation of the state, and is used for memorial services throughout the year.

The vandalism, which was discovered by community center workers in the morning, came as Israel and Jews around the world marked Tisha Be'av, the most mournful day on the Jewish calendar commemorating the destruction of two Biblical Jewish temples.

According to Jewish tradition, the Second Temple was destroyed in the Jewish Revolt against the Roman nearly 2,000 years ago because of the sin of 'causeless hatred' among the Jewish people.