It's been two years since Palestinian Terrorists cut the throats of 5 members of the Fogel family, which included a 3 month old baby, who's head was decapitated.
The attack was carried out by Amjad Mahmad Awad, 18, and Hakim Mazen Awad, 17.[15] Both are from the Awad clan, which makes up about half of Awarta's population, and are cousins. Hakim Mazen Awad was a high school student whose father, Mazen, is active in the PFLP. Mazen had previously been arrested by the Palestinian Authority and served a five-year prison sentence for murdering a female cousin and cremating her body. His uncle Jibril was also a PFLP militant who had participated in a 2002 attack against Itamar which left four civilians dead, including three children,[16] along with the settlement's security officer, and was killed in a 2003 clash with Israeli troops.[10] Amjad Mahmad Awad was also affiliated with the PFLP. He had been employed in Israel as a laborer, and was a student at Al-Quds Open University. The families of the two suspects denied the two committed the massacre. Hakim Awad's mother, Nawef, claimed that her son was at home the night of the murder and never left the house, claiming that "five months ago Hakim underwent a surgery in his stomach and I'm sure he was tortured and forced into confessing," though she later proudly admitted his involvement.[17] Amjad's family also claimed that he was in the village at the time of the event. One relative said that Hakim and Amjad did not know each other, as "one went to university, the other is in high school". He also claimed that if they had been guilty, they would have been captured within days, as "the whole world knows about Israel's advanced investigation abilities and its use of sophisticated means".[18] Shin Bet, however, claimed that in spite of the time passed between the murders and arrests, it was a major achievement.[10]
Amjad and Hakim Awad had decided to carry out an attack on Itamar days before. Three days before the killings, they approached a PFLP member with a request for weapons, but were rebuffed. At midday on Friday, 11 March, they decided that they would enter Itamar later that night, and carry out an attack armed with knives.[10]
Several media sources, among them the Guardian and the Washington Post, first reported that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, the dominant political faction in the West Bank, claimed responsibility for the attack,[19] whereas the Jerusalem Post reported, that the "Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Imad Mughniyeh" had claimed responsibility, a group named after a Hezbollah chief of military operations and liaison with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who was killed by a car bomb in Damascus in 2008. According to Al Hayat, officials of "Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades" denied association with the Imad Mughniyeh-group or the attack.[20]
The Jerusalem Post reported that a number of media outlets affiliated with the Palestinian Authority doubt Israeli claims that the killings were committed by Palestinians and report that a Thai worker who was employed in the settlement had been arrested on suspicion of the killings.
Amjad and Hakim Awad were already in custody when they were identified as the killers, and their names released to the public on April 17. They offered a detailed account of the attack, as well as a reenactment. Despite the ties of both suspects to the PFLP, Shin Bet investigators did not identify the attack as being carried out under the auspices of the PFLP, but rather as an individual act.[1] Israeli authorities said that they planned their attack well ahead of time, and showed no remorse for their actions.[21]
Thank God the animals that did this were captured and are now in prison forever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_attack
The attack was carried out by Amjad Mahmad Awad, 18, and Hakim Mazen Awad, 17.[15] Both are from the Awad clan, which makes up about half of Awarta's population, and are cousins. Hakim Mazen Awad was a high school student whose father, Mazen, is active in the PFLP. Mazen had previously been arrested by the Palestinian Authority and served a five-year prison sentence for murdering a female cousin and cremating her body. His uncle Jibril was also a PFLP militant who had participated in a 2002 attack against Itamar which left four civilians dead, including three children,[16] along with the settlement's security officer, and was killed in a 2003 clash with Israeli troops.[10] Amjad Mahmad Awad was also affiliated with the PFLP. He had been employed in Israel as a laborer, and was a student at Al-Quds Open University. The families of the two suspects denied the two committed the massacre. Hakim Awad's mother, Nawef, claimed that her son was at home the night of the murder and never left the house, claiming that "five months ago Hakim underwent a surgery in his stomach and I'm sure he was tortured and forced into confessing," though she later proudly admitted his involvement.[17] Amjad's family also claimed that he was in the village at the time of the event. One relative said that Hakim and Amjad did not know each other, as "one went to university, the other is in high school". He also claimed that if they had been guilty, they would have been captured within days, as "the whole world knows about Israel's advanced investigation abilities and its use of sophisticated means".[18] Shin Bet, however, claimed that in spite of the time passed between the murders and arrests, it was a major achievement.[10]
Amjad and Hakim Awad had decided to carry out an attack on Itamar days before. Three days before the killings, they approached a PFLP member with a request for weapons, but were rebuffed. At midday on Friday, 11 March, they decided that they would enter Itamar later that night, and carry out an attack armed with knives.[10]
Several media sources, among them the Guardian and the Washington Post, first reported that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, the dominant political faction in the West Bank, claimed responsibility for the attack,[19] whereas the Jerusalem Post reported, that the "Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Imad Mughniyeh" had claimed responsibility, a group named after a Hezbollah chief of military operations and liaison with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who was killed by a car bomb in Damascus in 2008. According to Al Hayat, officials of "Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades" denied association with the Imad Mughniyeh-group or the attack.[20]
The Jerusalem Post reported that a number of media outlets affiliated with the Palestinian Authority doubt Israeli claims that the killings were committed by Palestinians and report that a Thai worker who was employed in the settlement had been arrested on suspicion of the killings.
Amjad and Hakim Awad were already in custody when they were identified as the killers, and their names released to the public on April 17. They offered a detailed account of the attack, as well as a reenactment. Despite the ties of both suspects to the PFLP, Shin Bet investigators did not identify the attack as being carried out under the auspices of the PFLP, but rather as an individual act.[1] Israeli authorities said that they planned their attack well ahead of time, and showed no remorse for their actions.[21]
Thank God the animals that did this were captured and are now in prison forever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_attack
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