West Bank Settler Sentenced to 13 Years for Terrorist Killing of Palestinian Woman
Translated & summarized from Kipa by baba
An Israeli court sentenced a West Bank resident to 13 years in prison and ordered him to pay NIS 258,000 in compensation for the 2018 rock-throwing murder of Palestinian woman Aisha Rabi, ruling the act constituted terrorism.
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- West Bank resident sentenced to 13 years for terror murder.
- Defendant ordered to pay NIS 258,000 compensation.
- Victim Aisha Rabi killed by a 2kg rock in 2018.
- Attack motivated by nationalism, targeted Palestinian driver.
- Defendant was 16 at the time of the incident.
A district court in central Israel has sentenced a resident of the Benjamin region to 13 years in prison for the killing of Aisha Rabi, a Palestinian woman, in a 2018 rock-throwing attack. The court also ordered the defendant to pay NIS 258,000 (approximately $70,000 USD) in compensation to Rabi's family. Rabi was killed when a 2-kilogram rock, thrown by the then 16-year-old defendant, penetrated her car's windshield and struck her in the head. According to the indictment, the defendant and others went to a vantage point overlooking Route 60 with the intent to identify and harm Arab drivers. Upon identifying Rabi's car as having a Palestinian license plate, he threw the rock.
Rabi was traveling with her husband and young daughter at the time of the attack. The prosecution sought a lengthy prison sentence, emphasizing the severity of the act despite the defendant being a minor at the time. The court convicted him of murder under circumstances of a terror act, throwing a stone at a vehicle, and malicious damage to a vehicle, all under terror circumstances.
The Central District Prosecutor's Office stated that the verdict sends a clear message regarding the gravity of the defendant's actions and the tragic outcome, emphasizing that the attack was motivated by nationalism and targeted a Palestinian woman traveling with her family.
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