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Jordanian citizen convicted of 2018 attempted murder of Israeli divers in Eilat
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Beersheba District Court has convicted a Jordanian citizen of trying to kill two Israeli divers in Eilat in November 2018.
The Taher Khalef is convicted of two counts of attempted murder and of terror charges.
The conviction has been handed down as part of a plea deal in which Khalef admitted to the crime and will be sentenced to 19 years in prison.
According to the plea arrangement, Khalef acknowledged that he used his entry permit into Israel in order to carry out a terror attack and die as a “martyr.”
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