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The Shavuot holiday in Kochav Yaakov turned tense when Arabs entered the settlement late Saturday night – causing warning sirens to sound. The town, where parents and children alike were out in synagogues to study in honor of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, found itself rushing to find children, shutter windows, and bar its doors as the IDF responded to the threat. Ilan Malachi told Arutz Sheva about the tension that gripped the Binyamin region community. "We call the emergency squad, and a friend said that apparently there is Arabs had infiltrated into the community. It was...