Newsletter
Newsletter Support JNS

Camel abused at Palestinian wedding in Hebron, video shows

A herd of camels near the Dead Sea, Jan. 9, 2026. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.
A herd of camels near the Dead Sea, Jan. 9, 2026. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

A video reportedly filmed at a Palestinian wedding in the Judea city of Hebron shows guests restraining a camel and forcing an energy drink into its mouth. The incident occurred on Sunday, according to the Judea and Samaria Situation Room.

Israel’s ambassador to Georgia, Walid Abu Haya, condemned the apparent mistreatment on X. “It always outrages me to see such torture and terrorism against animals, and yet no one cares,” he wrote. “Where are all the ‘fine souls’ and human rights activists!?”

See more from JNS Staff
“You couldn’t measure on a Richter scale the concern about El-Sayed,” the Jewish Federations of North America CEO said of the senator-elect from Michigan.
Xiao Junzheng defended Beijing’s ties to Tehran, but said ‘Israel is a friend of China.’
“There is no ongoing threat,” the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington stated of the incident at Washington Hebrew Congregation.
Trenton Touch allegedly wrote in social media messages that he was going to kill the U.S. president and dress as a Nazi on Halloween to commit a mass shooting.