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Family of Elad terror suspect: ‘Operation a natural response to occupation’s crimes’

Subhi Emad Subhi Abu Shqeir, left, and As’ad Yousef As’ad al-Rifa’i, from a West Bank town near Jenin, the alleged Palestinian perpetrators of the Elad terror attack on May 5, 2022 in which three Israelis were killed and several seriously wounded. (Israel Police)
In a brief statement circulated in Palestinian media, the family of Palestinian terror suspect As’ad Rifa’i defends his terror attack in Elad that killed three Israelis.
“The operation was a natural response to the occupation’s crimes,” the Rifa’i family says, according to the statement.
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