2 suspected Jewish extremists indicted for Duma killings

Prosecutors filed indictments Sunday against two Jewish suspects, 21-year old Amiram Ben-Uliel of Jerusalem and an unnamed minor, in a July terror attack that killed three members of a Palestinian family, The Times of Israel reported.

On July 31, a firebomb attack on the home of the Dawabsha family in the West Bank village of Duma led to the immediate death of toddler Ali Saad Dawabsha.

Parents Riham and Saad succumbed to their wounds in the hospital within weeks of the attack. Five-year-old Ahmed, Ali’s brother, remains hospitalized in Israel and faces a long rehabilitation.

The indictments mark a key breakthrough in the case, which shocked Israelis and led to unprecedented measures against Jewish terror suspects, including a cabinet vote to extend to Israeli citizens counter-terrorism practices such as detention without trial.

A court-imposed gag order that has been in place for months was lifted Sunday, allowing for the first time the publication of the chief suspect’s name.

Ben-Uliel is charged with murder in the Duma attack, with the minor — who cannot be named under rules protecting minors suspected of criminal acts — facing charges of accessory to the murder.

According to investigators, Ben-Uliel claimed he carried out the Duma firebombing to avenge the killing of Malachy Rosenfeld by a Palestinian terrorist in June.

The Israel Police on Sunday released a statement revealing that the suspects not only confessed to the firebombing, among other “nationalistic” crimes, but reenacted the attack for investigators.

Citing the investment of “considerable resources and cooperation between various law enforcement agencies in Israel,” the statement said that several of the suspects were also being investigated for attempting to obstruct the investigation.

Three other suspected Jewish terrorists were charged Sunday over six other attacks against Arab persons or property.

Source: MENA