5 Palestinians accused of killing 2 Israelis

The military prosecution files an indictment with the Judea Military Court against five Palestinians suspected of carrying out two terrorist attacks that killed Israeli civilians Danny Gonen and Malachi Rosenfeld in June.

Mohammed Abu Shaheen, Ashraf Amar, Amjad Eduan were indicted on suspicion of being involved in the murder of Gonen, an electrical engineering student and the eldest of five siblings, who was shot in the upper body at point blank range as he and a friend drove away from the Ein Bubin spring near the Jewish settlement of Dolev, northwest of Jerusalem.

Eduan, 35, a former security prisoner, is suspected of providing Abu Shaheen with ammunition, serving as a scout for other shootings and accompanying him on other aborted terror attacks. Amar, 24, an active member of the PA’s military intelligence branch, has no prior record but allegedly joined Abu Shaheen to carry out attacks that did not come to fruition.

Images of five suspects involved in a deadly shooting in the West Bank in June 2015 that left one Israeli dead. Clockwise from top left: Muhammad Abu Shaheen, Ashraf Amar, Amjad Eduan, Osama Assad, Muhammad Eduan

Abdullah Ashaq and Faiz Hamed were indicted for their role in the murder of Malachy Rosenfeld near the West Bank settlement of Shvut Rachel, north of Ramallah.

Last week, prosecutors charged Palestinian Osama Asa’ad with manslaughter, arms trafficking, and possession of an illegal weapon, with the indictment maintaining the West Bank resident helped plan the attack on Gonen and hid the murder weapon in his house afterwards.

Asa’ad, a former Palestinian prisoner who was released as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal in 2011, was arrested last month along with four other residents of the Qalandiya refugee camp in connection with the attack.