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Israeli security forces inspect the scene of a shooting attack near Homesh, in the West Bank, on December 16, 2021. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
February 6, 2026, 1:00 pm
Palestinians handed life sentences for deadly 2007, 2021 West Bank terror attacks
IDF court also orders Ali Dandis, behind killing of 2 off-duty soldiers, to compensate families with $1.6 million; Islamic Jihad gunman involved in Homesh shooting to pay $640,000
By Emanuel Fabian
Raziel Shevach, who was killed in a terror attack in the northern West Bank on January 9, 2018. (Courtesy: Yeshivat Roeh Yisrael)
August 31, 2023, 4:41 pm
Palestinian gets life plus 26 years for deadly 2018 terror shooting
Ahmed Kunba, convicted of being member of cell that murdered 35-year-old Raziel Shevach in the West Bank, is also ordered to pay $394,000 to victim’s family
By Emanuel Fabian
Construction work begins to upgrade a section of the West Bank security barrier, June 21, 2022. (Defense Ministry)
August 12, 2022, 9:33 am
Palestinian who planned shooting but hesitated cleared of attempted murder
Muatez Beri walked around Rosh Ha’ayin with gun for 2 hours while repeatedly ruling out potential victims; judge says verdict sends a message that ‘there’s a way back’
By ToI Staff
Esther Horgen, 52, was found dead in the northern West Bank in a terror attack on December 20, 2020. (Courtesy)
April 3, 2022, 2:33 pm
‘A case that shocks the soul’: Esther Horgen’s murderer sentenced to life in prison
Muhammad Mruh Kabha killed the mother of six in a gruesome terror attack in December 2020, reportedly as vengeance for the death of a security prisoner
By ToI Staff
Esther Horgen, 52, was found dead in the northern West Bank in a terror attack on December 20, 2020. (Courtesy)
October 27, 2021, 1:06 pm
Military court convicts Palestinian terrorist in Esther Horgen’s murder
Muhammad Mruh Kabha convicted of killing in the Reihan forest last year; family says he should ‘rot behind bars till the end of his days’
By ToI Staff
File: Wafa Na'alowa at an Israeli military court (video screenshot)
November 12, 2019, 6:30 pm
Mother of Barkan terrorist gets 18-month sentence for failure to stop attack
Wafa Na’alowa also ordered to pay $11,000 in damages to families of two victims; time served means she is expected to be released in May 2020
By ToI Staff
A pipe bomb discovered outside the Samaria Military Court on August 28, 2019. (Police spokesman)
August 28, 2019, 1:12 pm
Palestinian caught with pipe bomb at West Bank military court
Site has seen frequent attack attempts in recent years
By ToI Staff
A scuffle breaks out outside the Samaria Military Court in the northern West Bank on August 7, 2019, after Amjad Na'alowa is convicted of failing to prevent his brother Ashraf's deadly terror attack in the Barkan Industrial Park last year. (Screenshot)
August 7, 2019, 6:58 pm
Barkan terrorist’s brother given 1-year sentence for not stopping fatal attack
Ashraf Na’alowa killed 2 in October 2018 West Bank shooting; squabble breaks out between victim’s family and defense attorneys in courtroom
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative. A Palestinian throws a firebomb. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
July 9, 2019, 12:35 pm
Palestinian throws firebomb at cops, is shot, arrested – police
No officers injured as Molotov cocktail thrown at Border Police post outside northern West Bank military court
By Judah Ari Gross
Two pipe bombs a Palestinian suspect alleged tried to smuggle into the Samaria military courthouse, May 30, 2019. (Israel Police)
May 30, 2019, 4:31 pm
Palestinian caught smuggling two pipe bombs into West Bank military court
Explosive devices fall out from under suspect’s shirt after he is challenged by border police on guard outside complex
By ToI Staff
Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 29 (left), and Ziv Hajbi, 35, who were killed in a terror shooting in the Barkan Industrial Park in the West Bank, October 7, 2018 (screenshots: Facebook)
May 16, 2019, 8:00 pm
Mother of Barkan terrorist convicted for not acting to prevent attack
Ashraf Na’alowa, who killed 2 in October West Bank shooting, had told his mother Wafa he planned to become a ‘martyr,’ but she didn’t try to stop him or inform authorities
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers, medical officials and police inspect the scene of a terrorist shooting attack near the Givat Assaf settlement outpost in the central West Bank on December 13, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 13, 2018, 3:17 pm
Some terrorists from Sunday’s Ofra attack may still be at large, officer says
Warning comes hour before a second shooting in the same area kills two and injures two, as West Bank sees uptick in violence
By Judah Ari Gross
In this undated photograph, Israeli troops search for the terrorist who committed a brutal shooting attack in the Barkan industrial park in the northern West Bank in which two Israelis were killed on October 7, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 13, 2018, 4:20 am
After two-month manhunt, IDF finds and kills terrorist who killed two in Barkan
Ashraf Na’alowa, who was armed, dies in attempt to arrest him early Thursday; in October, he killed Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi at West Bank factory where all 3 worked
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. Israeli forces issue a demolition order for the West Bank home of Ashraf Na’alowa, the suspected terrorist who shot and killed two Israelis at the Barkan Industrial Park, October 15, 2018 (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
November 29, 2018, 8:57 pm
Father of Barkan terrorist charged with failing to prevent attack
Mother and brother of Ashraf Na’alowa, who killed Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, already indicted for similar allegations
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli security forces stand at the entrance of the Barkan Industrial Zone in the northern West Bank on October 7, 2018, after a fatal terrorist attack there. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
November 16, 2018, 9:04 am
Mother, brother of Barkan terrorist charged for failing to prevent fatal attack
Military prosecutors say relatives of Ashraf Na’alowa, who killed Kim Levengrond Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi, knew of his plans to carry out shooting and wish to die as a ‘martyr’
By ToI Staff
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