Shocking moment two men are caught tearing down posters of kidnapped Jewish women and children in Melbourne
Two young men have been captured on camera happily tearing off posters of kidnapped Jewish children and women held hostage by the terrorist group Hamas.
The pair were walking a dog in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Prahran at around 5.30am on Wednesday.
An anonymous woman, who was on her way to the gym, saw the two men tearing the posters off a pole and decided to stop and film the pair.
The men realized they had been caught and greeted the woman cheerfully as one of them leaned against the pole and stuck out his tongue.
‘What are you doing?’ the woman asked.
“Just clearing the community of bulls**t,” one of the men responded.
The two young men were spotted tearing up posters of Jewish children – who had been kidnapped by the terrorist group Hamas – while walking a dog. Prahran, Melbourne
When she stopped filming, the woman claims the men threw the torn posters at her.
The video provided to the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) and shared on
“It takes a cruel person to go out of his way to destroy posters of kidnapped children and other victims,” AJA wrote.
“These are pictures of someone’s son, someone’s daughter and someone’s brother or sister.
“This behavior is disgusting and un-Australian.”
It comes after a pro-Palestinian protester was arrested after interrupting the annual Carols by Candlelight in Melbourne on Sunday.
The woman stormed the stage at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and stole the microphone from Channel Nine presenters David Campbell and Sarah Abo before shouting ‘while you’re singing, children are dying in Gaza’.
She and another protester, who also waved the Palestinian flag, were then dragged away by security as the crowd chased the couple from the stage.
The war in Gaza has entered its 82nd day, sparked when Hamas-led militants stormed communities in southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking 240 hostage.
At least 68 people were killed in a Gaza refugee camp in an Israeli airstrike on Christmas Eve, considered one of the deadliest since the war began.
The 68 fatalities include at least 12 women and seven children, according to early hospital figures provided by Gaza officials.
When asked what they were doing, one man replied ‘clearing the community of bulls**t’, while the other leaned against the pole and stuck his tongue out
The war has also devastated parts of Gaza, killing nearly 21,000 Palestinians and displacing nearly all of the territory’s 2.3 million people.
Meanwhile, 154 Israeli troops have been killed since the ground offensive began, with Israel vowing to destroy Hamas’ government and military capabilities and release the remaining 129 prisoners.
Since October 7, several pro-Palestinian rallies have been held in Australia’s major cities, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra, with many Australians calling for a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Australian Jews reported suffering a 738 percent spike in anti-Semitic abuse since October 7, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry said.
Israel has also increased travel warnings for its citizens traveling to Australia, following a rise in anti-Semitism due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Travel warnings to Australia were raised to level two in early December, prompting Israeli citizens to take extra precautions during their visit.