Female terrorist was sister of man killed by IDF fire

One of the Palestinian women who carried out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem today was Hadil Wajia Awad, 14. She was shot at the scene after stabbing an elderly Palestinian from Bethlehem, mistaking him for a Jewish Israeli.

Awad was the sister of Mahmoud Awad, who died in November 2013 at the age of 24. He was shot in the back of his neck with a rubber bullet eight months earlier during a protest near the Qalandiya checkpoint on March 1, 2013.

According to the human rights group B’Tselem and other activists, Awad was shot at in violation of IDF regulations, which mandate that even non-lethal weapons such as small-caliber or rubber bullets — as in this case — should not be aimed at the upper body.

The rubber bullet penetrated Awad’s head. Awad was operated on in the Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem after receiving initial treatment at a Ramallah hospital.

According to a prominent left-wing Israeli activist going by the moniker “John Brown,” the fact that the bullet penetrated Awad’s head may indicate that he was shot at close range.

A Military Police investigation was opened only nine months after the incident.

Twitter user “OccPal-Gaza” today explained the “rationale” as to why Awad’s sister went on a stabbing rampage today.

https://twitter.com/OccPalGaza/status/668757334588461056

The military investigation has yet to conclude.