Anonymous take down 44 Israeli Government sites in retaliation to killing of 14 year old Orwah Hammad

#OpOrwahHammad : The hacktivist group Anonymous take down 44  Israeli government websites

The hackers collective Anonymous today took down 44 Israeli government websites in retaliation for the killing of 14 year old American citizen Orwah Hammad. Orwah Hammad was killed in a shooting incident by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). IDF on its part alleged that Orwah was about to throw a firebomb towards Route 60 during a protest.

The Palestinian protestors and Orwah’s family member have a different story to tell.  They say that Orwah was holding a burning Israeli flag and that IDF troops shot him because of this incident.  Orwah who was 14 year old teen was a American citizen and born in New Orleans.

#OpOrwahHammad

The paste on Pastebin site posted by a ‘Guest’ today states as below :

?#?OpOrwahHammad? has officially kicked-off now, and Israeli government websites are feeling it. Anonymous is targeting Israeli government websites in protest of the killing of young Orwah Hammad and many Palestinians alike. The world will not stand by such brutality. Israeli Government beware for you should have Expected Us.
Some of the Israeli government websites hit today include the following:
https://www.ocs.moital.gov.il – Ministry of Industry and Trade
https://www.pwd.gov.il – Public Works Department
https://www.sep.gov.il – Israel Economic and Tourism
https://www.gov.il – gov.il domains
https://www.tahila.gov.il – Israel Government ISP
https://www.embassies.gov.il – Embassy of Israel to the United States
https://www.ejobs.gov.il – Merkava – ministry of Finance
https://dover.idf.il – Israeli Defense Forces
https://www.telaviv.police.gov.il – Israel Police Department
https://www.defence.gov.il – Ministry of Defense
https://www.ecom1.gov.il – Ministry of Finance
https://www.emus.gov.il – Economic Mission U.S.
https://www.first.gov.il – State of Israel – eGovernment
https://www.galil.gov.il – Galil Development Authority
https://www.hosting.co.il – Domain Internet Ltd.
https://www.ifts.gov.il – Integrated Foreign Trade System
https://www.iiop.gov.il – Israel Institute of Productivity
https://www.immigration.gov.il – Israeli Immigration
https://www.index.gov.il – Office of the Prime Minister
https://www.int.gov.il – State of Israel Mail
https://www.israel.gov.il – The Government of Israel
https://www.israel-mfa.gov.il – Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
https://www.itpolicy.gov.il – Israel Information Technology
https://www.mfah.gov.il – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
https://www.mofa.gov.il – Foreign Affairs Ministry
https://www.aa.gov.il/ – The Israeli Antitrust Authority
https://www.cert.gov.il/ – Israeli Government CERT
https://www.dev.cbs.gov.il/ – Shifra Har
https://www.idf.gov.il – IDF – Israel Defense Forces
https://www.israbank.gov.il – Bank of Israel
https://www.israel-info.gov.il/ – Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
https://www.lapam.gov.il – Israel Government Printing Office
https://www.mohr.gov.il/ – State of Israel-Ministry of Finance
https://sra.gov.il/ – Slum Rehabilitation Authority.
https://tipa.gov.il/ – Water Preservation
https://www.msh.gov.il/ – Shalom civil service reform-Minister Michael Eitan
https://www.isa.gov.il/ – Israel Securities Authority
https://www.tehila.gov.il/ – Israel Government ISP
https://www.mrc.gov.il – Ministry of Regional Cooperation
https://www.nativ.gov.il/ – Nativ Project – PMO
https://www.nioi.gov.il – National Insurance of Israel
https://www.nisa.gov.il/ – Ministry of Finance 1 Kaplan Street
https://www.ocs.moital.gov.il – Ministry of Industry and Trade

Some of the sites are returning 403 errors which points to the fact that they have been DDoSed. Techworm is awaiting a comment from the hackers collective to confirm the above DDoS attacks.