The Jerusalem District Electricity Company condemned the targeting of its crews working in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of Jerusalem, by gunfire while they were working to combat electricity theft.

The company confirmed that its field crews were subjected to direct gunfire today, Saturday, by unknown persons in the town of Al-Eizariya, east of the city of Jerusalem, while the crews were carrying out their duty to remove encroachments on electrical networks and thefts of electricity.

The company stated that "unknown individuals riding a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle belonging to its crew, without anyone being harmed in an area where many electrical thefts and attacks on the company's interests were discovered, by those who are outside our religious and societal values and who did not like the company's efforts and endeavors to limit thefts of electricity and the attacks that affect citizens and their interests."

The company confirmed that it will not stop fighting the phenomenon of theft and encroachment, and that it is proceeding to remove any threat to electrical security and the right of subscribers to an uninterrupted electrical system, and will begin taking legal action against the aggressors in accordance with the law to protect the technical crews on the one hand, and to preserve the rights of subscribers in all concession locations on the other hand.