Tel Aviv [Israel], a Palestinian terrorist who killed a 14-year-old Israeli pastor in April also planned to kill more Jews, according to an indictment filed by Israeli prosecutors on Thursday.
Police arrested 21-year-old Ahmed Duabsha for the brutal murder of Benyamin Achimair. Achimaier disappeared while tending sheep in the Binyamin region north of Jerusalem. After a 24-hour search, his body was found so mutilated with stones that search teams could not immediately identify him.
According to a redacted indictment cited by Ynet News, Duabsha and several friends from the nearby village of Duma were attracted to the ideology of the Islamic State about a year before the attack and believed that Jews and other non-Muslims should die.
"The suspect decided that the next morning, at first light, he would go on a killing spree," the indictment says. "He took a knife about 20 centimeters long, took clothes and lay down in his room. The next day, he dressed, prayed, took the knife in its sheath and put a black scarf on his head."
The indictment said that after killing Achimaier, Duabsha searched for more victims but returned home after encountering a dog that scared him.
Palestinians from nearby villages clashed with soldiers during the ensuing manhunt for the killer.
In the two weeks before Achimaier's murder, three separate Palestinian terrorist cells planning to kidnap shepherds from the same farm were arrested.
Palestinian arsonists have set fire to agricultural pastures in the area and stoned responding fire trucks.
Since October 7, Israeli security forces have arrested some 4,000 Palestinian terror suspects wanted in the West Bank, of whom 1,700 are associated with Hamas.
Police arrested 21-year-old Ahmed Duabsha for the brutal murder of Benyamin Achimair. Achimaier disappeared while tending sheep in the Binyamin region north of Jerusalem. After a 24-hour search, his body was found so mutilated with stones that search teams could not immediately identify him.
According to a redacted indictment cited by Ynet News, Duabsha and several friends from the nearby village of Duma were attracted to the ideology of the Islamic State about a year before the attack and believed that Jews and other non-Muslims should die.
"The suspect decided that the next morning, at first light, he would go on a killing spree," the indictment says. "He took a knife about 20 centimeters long, took clothes and lay down in his room. The next day, he dressed, prayed, took the knife in its sheath and put a black scarf on his head."
The indictment said that after killing Achimaier, Duabsha searched for more victims but returned home after encountering a dog that scared him.
Palestinians from nearby villages clashed with soldiers during the ensuing manhunt for the killer.
In the two weeks before Achimaier's murder, three separate Palestinian terrorist cells planning to kidnap shepherds from the same farm were arrested.
Palestinian arsonists have set fire to agricultural pastures in the area and stoned responding fire trucks.
Since October 7, Israeli security forces have arrested some 4,000 Palestinian terror suspects wanted in the West Bank, of whom 1,700 are associated with Hamas.
