Charges filed against Palestinians accused of killing Israeli-American Elan Ganeles

Military prosecutors have filed indictments against two Palestinians accused of carrying out a terror shooting attack near Jericho in the West Bank on February 27, killing dual American-Israeli citizen Elan Ganeles.

Luai Ma’arouf and Maher Shalloun, residents of the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp near Jericho, were detained by troops on March 1, just days after the deadly highway attack.

According to the indictment, the pair planned the attack together, purchasing a firearm, ammunition, and a car. The indictment says they drove along the Route 90 highway looking for Israeli-owned cars.

During the attack, one of the men opened fire at Ganeles’s car on the highway, as he was heading to a friend’s wedding in Jerusalem, killing him, before opening fire at several other cars in the area. The pair then set fire to their car as they fled the area toward Jericho.

The Israel Defense Forces says the indictments against Ma’arouf and Shalloun charge them with intentionally causing death — the military court’s equivalent of murder — and other offenses.

The pair will be held until the end of legal proceedings.