Local sources said the Palestinian was killed on Tuesday near the illegal Israeli settlement of Dolev northwest of Ramallah.
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An Israeli court has handed down a life sentence to the ringleader of a Jewish gang who kidnapped, attacked and burned alive a Palestinian teenager in 2014.
Rejecting the insanity plea, the court wrote that “at the time of the perpetrating of the crime, the accused was not psychotic, understood his actions well, was culpable for his actions, in control of them, had no disturbance in judging reality and had the ability to prevent commission of the crimes”.
The tactic of demolishing the houses of alleged attackers has been revived by the Israeli government to punish their families and deter future attacks in east Jerusalem, which is under Israeli occupation.
Since mid-September, 200 Palestinians, 23 Israelis and two Americans have been killed in such attacks.
The separate killings contributed to soaring tensions between Israelis and Palestinians before the 2014 Gaza war.
Two Israeli minors have already been convicted for their roles in the death of Abu Khdeir and are serving sentences of more than 20 years, NPR’s Emily Harris tells our Newscast unit.
According to court, the recommendation came as it would be hard for the Israeli police to return the bodies during Ramadan at night, since the movement is bigger during night hours.
Ben-David was ordered to pay 20,000 shekels (approximately $5,000) to the family of another Palestinian child he attempted to kidnap the night before the Abu Khdeir murder, the news release said.
All three defendants had confessed and said the July 2, 2014, murder in Jerusalem was revenge for the killing days earlier of three Israeli youths by the Hamas Islamist group in the occupied West Bank.
Soldiers at the scene shot and killed the attacker, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman said in a statement.
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“This is an evil and cruel man who does not represent our civilized society”, state prosecutor Uri Korb said at the hearing, adding that the killing “brought shame upon our society and offended our values”. An Israeli man was stabbed and injured near Jerusalem’s Old City, in an incident suspected to be a “terror attack”, the police said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
