Eli attackers are “Martyrs”

“According to the [Israeli Arab] website ‘Arab 48,’ the statements of [Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar] Ben Gvir came despite his exclusion from the security discussions following the Eli operation that led to the deaths as Martyrs of 2 young people and the deathsof 4 settlers (refers to terrorists Muhannad Faleh Shehadeh and Khaled Mustafa Sabah murdering 4 Israelis -Ed.).”

[Official PA daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, June 24, 2023]

Muhannad Faleh Shehadeh and Khaled Mustafa Sabah – Palestinian terrorists and members of the Hamas terror organization, aged 26 and 24 respectively, who shot and murdered 4 Israelis - Elisha Antman, 18, Nachman Shmuel Mordoff, 17, Harel Masoud, 21, and Ofer Feirman, 63 - and wounded an additional 4 outside the Jewish town of Eli north of Ramallah on June 20, 2023. Shehadeh was shot and killed in self-defense by an Israeli civilian at the scene. Sabah fled but was found by Israeli forces shortly after and killed while resisting arrest.