Five family members killed
Fogel
since Friday 11 March, Ehud Fogel (36) his wife Ruth (35) and their children Yoav (11), Elad (4) and Hadas (three months) were murdered in their home of the colony of Itamar in the northern West Bank, Israeli security agencies carried out extensive research with records, arrests and interrogations of nearly 300 Palestinians.
On Sunday, Israel has lifted part of a gag to report that arrested a week ago of the stabbing responsible for the entire family in an attack that shocked the nation and provoked condemnation from Palestinian leaders . This is Amjad Ahmed Awad (19) and Mazen Hakim Awad (18), the Palestinian village of Awarta, adjacent to the settlement of Itamar.
According to the Israeli secret service (Shabak), the two Palestinians showed no remorse for the attack and also revealed that they decided to kill Hadas, three months, "it cried," and feared being discovered.
"We wanted to kill Jews. We went to Itamar to do an action martyrdom," confessed Amjad Ahmed Awad. According to his testimony, the other two brothers of the Fogel family of 8 and 2 years, survived because they saw them.
Currently, they are under arrest six Palestinians, including four members of a family suspected of having helped hide weapons.
Although the two young men identified with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-member of the PLO, Israel believed to act on its own initiative . "This is not no act of family revenge, but an attack like those he had during the Intifada," says an officer for the northern West Bank.
"The murderers of the five members of the Fogel family, including a baby of three months is a clear war crime. The Army along with other security agencies has done everything possible to arrest those responsible of this heinous murder, "said military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Avital Leibovich.
Awarta Records
In the village of Awarta, had complained in recent weeks to live a "Hell" due to continuous raids of the army and half the records in about 1500 homes. Moreover, most of its inhabitants had unreservedly condemned the killing . Kais
Awad, the head of the board of Awarta, has rejected the findings of the investigation: "They can say and do what they want. Maybe the confessions of young people have been forced into the interrogation."
"The fact that those responsible arrested shows that Israel is not willing to overlook that murderers massacre its citizens," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Some had said that the Palestinians are not capable of such atrocity. The security forces have done a great job but if I'm honest I would have liked more these animals would not still be alive , clarified the leader of the Council settlers, Danny Dayan, in his first reaction.
Source: elmundo.es
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