Palestinian receives 4 life terms for killing Israeli family in settlement

A Palestinian youth was granted four life sentences by an Israeli military court on Thursday for murdering three family members in a West Bank settlement last July.


Omar al-Abed, 19, was convicted in December by the Ofer Military Court in West Bank of three counts of murder for stabbing to death Yosef Salomon, his daughter Chaya and his son Elad in their family home in the settlement of Halamish. Additionally, he was convicted of attempted murder of Yosef's wife, incitement and stone-throwing.

The court sentenced him to four life terms and ordered him to pay the Salomon family 1.8 million shekels (about 511,000 US dollars) in damages.

A military spokesperson said in a statement sent to Xinhua that the judges discussed a possibility of sentencing al-Abed to death, a move that has never been taken in Israel.
 (chinamedia)
 16/2/18