Masked vandal smashes Haaretz entrance in Tel Aviv days after similar attack on Channel 12

The main entrance to the Haaretz newspaper's Tel Aviv office was smashed by a masked vandal on Wednesday morning, the newspaper confirmed. Security footage showed the individual tossing two bricks at a glass door, causing a hole before fleeing.

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Following the incident, the newspaper filed a complaint with the police. Alongside the immediate steps the newspaper is taking to protect the personal safety of its employees, including increasing security at the building's entrance, Haaretz will continue to fulfill its professional and public mission to practice free and independent journalism - and will not surrender to these violent attempts of intimidation and silencing.

Haaretz stated it filed a police complaint and is increasing security to protect employees. The newspaper vowed to continue its mission of free and independent journalism and not yield to intimidation.

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Every sane person, whose heart has not yet been completely destroyed and whose eyes have been completely blinded by hatred, hopes to understand how dangerous it is to live in a country where the government, its head, the minister responsible for the media, and the minister responsible for the security of citizens will not say a word today about the insane violence against journalists. (And will also continue to incite against them, of course).

This is the second such attack in days, following a similar incident at Channel 12's offices on Sunday. The attacks come amid intense public criticism of certain news companies' coverage in Israel by right-wing activists and government officials.

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We are no longer in the 'preview.' We are in the midst of civil terror fueled by the government against Israeli democracy. The regime's machine of poison and incitement is being translated on the ground into operational orders for incited lawbreakers, with one clear goal: to shut mouths, eliminate the free and independent press, and turn Israel into a dark dictatorship.

Channel 12's welfare reporter, Michal Peylan, criticized the government's silence on the violence against journalists, suggesting it fuels further incitement. MK Naama Lazimi condemned the government, calling the attacks "civil terror" aimed at silencing the free press and turning Israel into a "dark dictatorship." She vowed to remove the current leadership through elections.

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We will throw this rotten and dangerous leadership out at the ballot box, restore sanity to the country, and ensure that anyone who had a hand in the destruction of democracy pays the price. We will win, and we will fix the system from its foundations.