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The faces of evil: Palestinian teens held in brutal slayings of Israeli family
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The faces of evil[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] By Edmund Sanders[/FONT]
[FONT=ARIAL, HELVETICA][SIZE=+1]Palestinian teens held in brutal slayings of Israeli family [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial]JewishWorldReview.com | [/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial]ERUSALEM —[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica](MCT)[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Israeli security officials said Sunday they had arrested two Palestinian teenagers as suspects in the grisly slayings last month of five members of a Jewish family, including three children, as they slept in their West Bank home. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The March 11 nighttime attack was one of the most brutal in years. Security officials accused the teens, Hakim Awad, 17, and Amjad Awad, 18, who are cousins, of using wire-cutters to break through an electric fence surrounding the heavily protected settlement, and then stealing a rifle from an empty home. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Shortly thereafter, they broke into the home of Udi and Ruth Fogel, first killing two children, Yoav, 10, and Elad, 4, and then stabbing and shooting their parents, Israeli officials said. After fleeing the scene because they feared the gunshots would attract neighbors, the pair allegedly returned to the house, where they stole another rifle and stabbed the family's 3-month old baby, Hadas, who had begun to cry, according to Israeli officials. Two other small children in the house escaped harm, apparently because they were unnoticed. A sixth child, who had been away at a youth outing, returned home around midnight to find the house doors locked and alerted a neighbor. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Military officials said the two Palestinian youths confessed to the killings. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"The murderers are in our hands," said Col. Nimrod Aloni, commander of the brigade responsible for Itamar. He said the killings proved that "the motivation to carry out cruel terror attacks still exists." Israeli officials said the suspects had "nationalistic" motives and had stated during interrogation that their goal was to kill Jewish settlers living in the West Bank. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Local Palestinian officials said they suspected the confessions were coerced and complained that the two students had not had access to attorneys or family members. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The faces of evil[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] By Edmund Sanders[/FONT]
[FONT=ARIAL, HELVETICA][SIZE=+1]Palestinian teens held in brutal slayings of Israeli family [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Helvetica, Arial]JewishWorldReview.com | [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The March 11 nighttime attack was one of the most brutal in years. Security officials accused the teens, Hakim Awad, 17, and Amjad Awad, 18, who are cousins, of using wire-cutters to break through an electric fence surrounding the heavily protected settlement, and then stealing a rifle from an empty home. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Shortly thereafter, they broke into the home of Udi and Ruth Fogel, first killing two children, Yoav, 10, and Elad, 4, and then stabbing and shooting their parents, Israeli officials said. After fleeing the scene because they feared the gunshots would attract neighbors, the pair allegedly returned to the house, where they stole another rifle and stabbed the family's 3-month old baby, Hadas, who had begun to cry, according to Israeli officials. Two other small children in the house escaped harm, apparently because they were unnoticed. A sixth child, who had been away at a youth outing, returned home around midnight to find the house doors locked and alerted a neighbor. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Military officials said the two Palestinian youths confessed to the killings. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"The murderers are in our hands," said Col. Nimrod Aloni, commander of the brigade responsible for Itamar. He said the killings proved that "the motivation to carry out cruel terror attacks still exists." Israeli officials said the suspects had "nationalistic" motives and had stated during interrogation that their goal was to kill Jewish settlers living in the West Bank. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Local Palestinian officials said they suspected the confessions were coerced and complained that the two students had not had access to attorneys or family members. [/FONT]
