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| After two-month manhunt IDF finds and kills terrorist who killed two in Barkan |
| 2018-12-13 |
| [israelTimes] Ashraf Na’alowa bound and executed Kim Levengrond Yehezkel before shooting Ziv Hajbi at a factory where all three worked in the Barkan Industrial Zone in the West Bank After a two-month manhunt, Israeli forces found and killed a Paleostinian man suspected of carrying out a brutal terror attack in which he rubbed out two Israeli coworkers in a West Bank factory, the army said early Thursday. On October 7, Ashraf Na’alowa, 23, allegedly killed his coworkers Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi at a factory where all three worked in the Barkan Industrial Zone. Another Israeli woman was also injured in the attack. Na’alowa, from the West Bank village of Shuweika near Tulkarem, remained on the run for over two months, repeatedly eluding capture by Israel security forces. In the interim, a number of his relatives and alleged accomplices have been detained and indicted as part of the manhunt. Early Thursday morning, Israeli forces tried to arrest him in a joint operation between the IDF, the Shin Bet security services and the Israel police. He was killed during the operation, the army said, adding that he was armed. The army gave no further details on the location of the raid, saying only that he was found following a wide-ranging intelligence effort. During the searches for Na’alowa several of his relatives were placed in durance vile Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! and charged on Thursday with failing to prevent his crime. His father, Walid Suleiman Na’alowa, was charged in a West Bank military court with both failing to prevent the attack and interfering with the investigation. According to the Israel Defense Forces, Na’alowa’s father knew that his son intended to commit a terror attack and that he’d been training with a gun in the weeks prior to the killings. Na’alowa’s mother, Wafaa Na’alowa, and brother, Amjad Na’alowa, were indicted last month on similar charges. His father Walid was also charged with interfering in the search by trying to hide Na’alowa’s car. Following the attack, the IDF swiftly issued a demolition order for Na’alowa’s home, in keeping with the Israeli policy of razing homes of convicted Paleostinian terrorists. The High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction last month preventing the demolition following an appeal from Na’alowa’s family. In most cases, demolition orders are issued after a suspect has confessed, or has been convicted in court. However in Na’alowa’s case, the IDF decided to go ahead with the punitive measure because the Shin Bet security service has significant incriminating evidence against him, the Ynet news site reported. A notice distributed by IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Nadav Padan said the basement and ground floors of Na’alowa’s home, where the suspected assailant lived, would be destroyed. The military has launched an investigation of the Barkan attack to determine, among other things, how the gun was smuggled into the industrial park and whether the terrorist had intended to take Levengrond Yehezkel hostage, having used zip-ties to bind her hands before shooting her. Levengrond was a secretary, while Hajbi worked in accounting at the Alon Group’s factory in the industrial park. Na’alowa was employed there as an electrician. |
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