Itamar mass murderer convicted
18-year old Hakim Awad, one of two 'Palestinians' who confessed to the murder of the Fogel family of Itamar in March, was convicted on Tuesday in a military court. Despite the fact that Awad, a high school student, had confessed his part in the murder to security services and the court, Judge Lt-Colonel Menahem Lieberman had nevertheless decided to examine detailed evidence gathered by the prosecution, including forensic findings, in order to rule out that Awad had lied about his part in the crime for "glory".There are three big problems here. One is that although they should get the death penalty, they won't, and they will likely be released in a 'prisoner exchange' at some point in the future. Second, the 'Palestinian Authority' will likely lionize them as heroes, naming camps and sports tournaments after them. And third, there are certain despicable Israelis who will feel sorry for the terrorists and their families (and on top of that have no sympathy for the victims or their surviving families).
Hakim Awad was also convicted of weapons offenses and various other security offenses.
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The following account of the massacre is based on confessions and a reenactment of the attack by Hakim Awad and Amjad Awad, and a painstaking investigation led by the Shin Bet.
On the night of March 11, as the Fogel family were asleep in their home in Itamar, Hakim and Amjad Awad set out from the village of Awarta, two kilometers to the south, armed with knives, face masks, and a wire cutter.
The two planned to carry out the murders of Israelis days before, and had made unsuccessful attempts to obtain firearms from a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) representative in their village.
But the lack of guns did not dissuade the two from carrying out their plan to murder Israelis.
The youths set out from their village on foot, and after a kilometer, they cut a wire fence around Itamar, climbed over a forest hilltop, and reached a row of homes in the settlement.
They first entered a home adjacent to the Fogel residence, but found that nobody was home. They stole an M-16 rifle from the home, ammunition, and body armor, before walking on down the street.
The youths then saw the Fogel family residence, and spotted children sleeping through the window.
Immediately after entering the home, the youths set their knives on two young brothers sleeping in their beds, 4-year-old Elad and 11-year-old Yoav, killing them both.
They then entered the parents' bedroom, where they launched a knife attack on Ehud and Ruth Fogel. The parents fought back, attempting to fend off the attackers, but died of their stab wounds during the struggle.
The two then left the house, before hearing cries from three-month-old baby Hadas. Awoken by the attack, the baby lay in her crib in her parents' bedroom.
"They went back into the house and stabbed the baby to death to silence her cries," a security source said.
Two other children remained in the home, but were spared because Hakim and Amjad did not know of their presence. Amjad later told interrogators that he would have killed them too had he known that they were in the home.
After murdering five members of the family, the suspects walked back to the village, and told Hakim's uncle, PFLP member Salah Adin Awad, what they had done.
Salah hid their firearms, and instructed them to burn their bloody clothes.
The youths then resumed their daily lives, while Salah sent the weapons to a friend in Ramallah, Jad Avid, who hid the guns in his home.
The military court is expected to reconvene in September to hear arguments for sentencing Hakim Awad.
The second youth indicted in the massacre, Amjad Awad, will be tried separately, because he and Hakim have testified against each other and so cannot be tried together. According to a spokesperson for the IDF, Amjad Awad will be tried on August 16th.
May God avenge the blood of the Fogel family before our eyes.
Labels: Amjad Awad, Fogel family massacre, Hakim Awad, Itamar, Machsom Watch
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:20 AM
1 Comments:
The judge thought he might be lying about his part in the massacre for the "glory". What else does anyone need to know about palestinian society?
They aren't highly evolved enough to be called animals.
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