Israeli Convicted in Palestinian Teen's Murder Dies in Prison
How 22 Israeli newsrooms (in English, Arabic, Hebrew, Russian) covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
By Liran Tamari
First reported by Panet · 8 hours ago
What happened
Yosef Haim Ben-David, the main defendant convicted in the 2014 revenge murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, has died in prison. Ben-David was serving a life sentence for the crime, which involved abduction, murder, and setting the victim on fire.
- 01Yosef Haim Ben-David, convicted in the murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, died in prison.
- 02Ben-David was sentenced to life plus 20 years for the 2014 revenge killing.
- 03The murder was carried out as retaliation for the deaths of three Israeli teenagers.
- 04Abu Khdeir's family had sued the killers for damages and criticized home demolition denials.
- 05Ben-David invoked previous Israeli victims during the brutal attack.
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