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Esther Horgen
Family and friends attend the funeral of IDF soldier Amit Ben-Ygal at the cemetery in the central city of Beer Yaakov, May 12, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 14, 2021, 12:28 pm
Israel marks Memorial Day after year with fewest ever deaths in war and terror
Three Israelis — two civilians and one soldier — were killed in violent attacks since last year
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF troops map out the home of a Palestinian man suspected in the murder of Esther Horgen, ahead of its potential demolition, in the West Bank village of Tura, near Jenin, December 24, 2020 (IDF video screenshot)
February 10, 2021, 2:42 pm
IDF demolishes home of Esther Horgen’s suspected killer in rare daytime op
Security forces destroy two floors of building where Muhammad Mruh Kabha lived; High Court permitted razing after he confessed to terror attack
By Judah Ari Gross
Muhammad Mruh Kabha, 40, from the Palestinian village of Tura al-Gharbiya, is suspected of murdering Esther Horgen of the Tal Menashe settlement on December 20, 2020. (Shin Bet)
February 4, 2021, 12:59 pm
Murder indictment filed against Palestinian suspect in killing of Esther Horgen
Muhammad Mruh Kabha charged with killing mother of six as she was out hiking near her home in the West Bank
By TOI staff
Esther Horgen, 52, who was found dead in the northern West Bank in a suspected terror attack on December 20, 2020. (Courtesy)
February 3, 2021, 3:13 pm
High Court approves demolition of home of Esther Horgen’s suspected killer
Justices say Muhammad Mruh Kabha confessed to terror attack and there’s ‘strong, external evidence’ confirming his statement; one judge dissents on destroying 2nd floor of building
By TOI staff
IDF troops map out the home of a Palestinian man suspected in the murder of Esther Horgen, ahead of its potential demolition, in the West Bank village of Tura, near Jenin, December 24, 2020 (IDF video screenshot)
January 6, 2021, 6:41 pm
IDF plans to demolish home of suspected killer of Esther Horgen
Military says it intends to knock down 2 floors of building in northern West Bank town where Muhammad Mruh Kabha lived
By Judah Ari Gross and TOI staff
Muhammad Mruh Kabha, 40, from the Palestinian village of Tura al-Gharbiya, is suspected of murdering Esther Horgen of the Tal Menashe settlement on December 20, 2020. (Shin Bet)
January 4, 2021, 4:17 pm
Shin Bet: Esther Horgen’s killer scoped out area 6 weeks before attack
Security service names suspect as Muhammad Mruh Kabha, from nearby Palestinian village of Tura al-Gharbiya, says he sought to avenge prisoner who died of cancer in Israeli custody
By Judah Ari Gross and Aaron Boxerman
A car hit by rocks in a suspected terror attack near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, January 3, 2021. (Binyamin Regional Council)
January 3, 2021, 11:52 pm
IDF arrests suspects in rock attack that seriously injured Israeli woman
Israeli troops apprehend a number of people in West Bank village; manhunt and investigation continue
By TOI staff
Family, friends and Israeli soldiers attend the funeral of Cpl. Lihu Ben-Bassa who was killed in a plane crash in southern Israel, in the military cemetery in Rishon Lezion on November 25, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 3, 2021, 4:54 pm
Suicides down in IDF in 2020, but remain leading cause of death for troops
28 soldiers died over the past year — the second lowest number in Israel’s history — but only one in an attack
By Judah Ari Gross
A car hit by rocks in a suspected terror attack near the West Bank settlement of Neve Tzuf, January 3, 2021. (Binyamin Regional Council)
January 3, 2021, 3:40 pm
Israeli woman seriously injured in West Bank rock attack
Victim, said to be wife of jailed Jewish terrorist Jack Tytell, taken to hospital with head injuries; 2 kids uninjured; IDF says soldiers pursuing suspects
By TOI staff
Demonstrators attack an Arab car in Jerusalem during a protest in the early hours of January 1, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
January 1, 2021, 12:50 pm
Jewish extremists violently attack Arab car amid riots over settler’s death
Mob hurls rocks and other objects in Jerusalem ambush; police cars and infrastructure also damaged in latest night of far-right unrest over death of Ahuvia Sandak
By TOI staff
Demonstrators holds placards showing Ahuvia Sandak as they protest against his death in a car crash during a police chase last week, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on December 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 1, 2021, 1:07 am
25 settler attacks on Palestinians reported since teen died in police chase
As Jerusalem and West Bank boil with protests over police’s alleged role in death of Ahuvia Sandak, Yesh Din rights group reports increase in assaults
By Aaron Boxerman
Special police forces enter a home in the Palestinian town of Tura to arrest a man suspected of murdering Israeli Esther Horgen (Israel Police)
December 28, 2020, 1:09 pm
Police footage shows arrest of Palestinian suspected in murder of Esther Horgen
36-year-old man from town near Jenin is alleged to have killed Israeli woman in forest last week; IDF has mapped out his home in preparation for potential demolition
By TOI staff
A person runs with an Israeli flag in the Reihan forest near Tal Menashe in the West Bank where Esther Horgen was found dead in suspected terror attack, Dec. 21, 2020. (Flash 90/Meir Vaknin)
December 25, 2020, 4:28 pm
Thousands march to honor Israeli woman murdered in suspected terror attack
Samaria Regional Council chairman calls on PM to announce new construction in Tal Menashe, the West Bank settlement where Esther Horgen lived
By TOI staff
IDF troops map out the home of a Palestinian man suspected in the murder of Esther Horgen, ahead of its potential demolition, in the West Bank village of Tura, near Jenin, December 24, 2020 (IDF video screenshot)
December 25, 2020, 10:07 am
IDF maps home of suspected killer of Esther Horgen for possible demolition
Troops survey suspect’s house near Jenin soon after his arrest; he has reportedly confessed and given details of Israeli woman’s murder
By TOI staff
The funeral of Esther Horgen, killed in an apparent terror attack in the West Bank, December 22, 2020 (Screen grab/Ynet); Inset: Esther Horgen (Courtesy)
December 22, 2020, 1:21 pm
Mother-of-6 killed in apparent terror attack remembered for her ‘joy for life’
Family and friends bury Esther Horgen a day after her body was found in a West Bank forest when she didn’t return home from a run
By TOI staff
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