In 2018, the Mayor of Hebron, a Palestinian city in the West Bank with a population of 220,000 offered Palestinians $5 for killing dogs.
The mayor told Palestinians to kill as many dogs as possible and offered a $25 reward for killing 5 dogs.
Thousands of dogs were then shot and killed by Palestinians in The West Bank.
Images of dogs being tortured, killed and abused by Palestinians began spreading on social media at the time.
Another Palestinian mayor, the Mayor of Tulkarm then followed suit and offered rewards for Palestinians to kill stray dogs.
The mayor who announced the initiative Tayseer Abu Sneineh, had previously been convicted for his involvement in the 1980 Hebron terrorist attack which killed 6 Jewish people- 3 Israelis, 2 Americans & 1 Canadian.
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