72:. On November 13, video footage was released of Shmerling arriving at the site, and one of the alleged murderers picking up a pick ax. They entered Israel illegally, and began working without work permits for Reuven Shmerling's son in his warehouse, living at the warehouse where they worked. They purchased a large knife and kept it hidden under their mattress.
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Palestinian appeared and shot Cohen dead with a bullet to the head. Police in the area opened fire and killed all three. A third man was lightly injured. The three men were Ahmad Rajeh Ismail Zakarneh (20/21), Muhammad Ahmad Hilmi Kamil (20/21), and Najeh Ibrahim Abu
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District Court on charges of entering Israel illegally and premeditated murder. The charges read: "The accused caused the death of the deceased with the intention of killing a Jew because he is Jewish, and because they were angry at him for their
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On the day of the murder, the two used a ruse to lure
Shmerling to the room they lived in. Kamil got behind shmerling and stabbed him with the knife while he tried to defend himself with a chair and Al-Roub attacked him with a chair while Kamil continued to stab the older man with a knife. Kamil
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Youssef Khaled Mustafa Kamil, (20), (alt.: Yousif Khaled Kmai, alt.: Yousef Kmeil), and Mohammed Zeyad Abu al-Rob (19) (alt.: Mohammad Abu al-Rub). On Friday, 6 October, Israeli Defense Forces searched the homes of both suspects in Qabatiya. Following their arrest, both
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Shmerling, with a pickax, knife and fan. Protests erupted in Qabatiya during the searches of suspects homes. On the night of the 25th, the Israeli military notified the family of Mohammad Abu al-Rub, one of the alleged perpetrators, that their house is slated for
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in an attack carried out by two young
Palestinian men who had entered Israel illegally. The two attackers wanted to avenge the death of a man from their town who was shot and killed by Israeli police as he was a part of a group of three who killed an Israeli policewoman at Jerusalem's
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The day following the murder, initial reports suspected that the killing was the result of a monetary dispute, however this was later changed to a suspected terrorist attack. On
October 8, 4 days after Shmerling's body was found, two Palestinians from the Arab village of
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work conditions," ... "they attacked, stabbed and beat the deceased 70-year-old with a sharp implement, until he laid bleeding on the floor of the room, without moving, and then, in cold blood, showered, changed their clothes, and left the place."
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Kamil and Al-Roub claim that they planned and carried out the murder of
Shmerling in revenge for a friend, Ahmad Abu Al-Roub, who was killed while attempting to carry out a stabbing attack at the Jalameh Crossing during the
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Palestinian men carried out a terrorist attack on 3 February 2016, killing Hadar Cohen (19) of
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