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moniss

(7,928 posts)
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 02:36 PM Aug 10

" PHOTOS: Awdah Hathaleen laid to rest after Israel withheld body for 10 days"

This is the headline from an article from +972 Magazine dated 08/07/25 with a byline from Oren Ziv. It appears that despite the accused killer being in custody he has now been allowed complete freedom. Also the excavating equipment that needlessly tore through Palestinian gardens and olive groves was back and the article notes:

"This Tuesday, one of the settlers’ excavators, which had resumed work on village land, damaged a water pipe that supplies half of Umm Al-Khair’s homes. The pipe has yet to be repaired."

As far as the original incident and subsequent actions by the IDF/Israeli government there is this from the article:

"The killing occurred after a settler-operated excavator completed work in an area formally under the jurisdiction of the nearby settlement of Carmel, though in practice it lies within the village’s residential area. Instead of exiting via the main road, the excavator drove through villagers’ gardens, damaging olive trees and fences. When residents confronted the driver and demanded he stop, the driver struck one of them with the excavator’s arm, sparking a confrontation. Levi, the owner of the company operating the machinery, first responded by striking a Palestinian resident with his pistol, and then opening fire."

"Meanwhile, Levi, the shooter, was released to house arrest the day after the killing, and by Friday had been released entirely, free to roam the area near the village."

https://www.972mag.com/awdah-hathaleen-funeral-umm-al-khair/

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" PHOTOS: Awdah Hathaleen laid to rest after Israel withheld body for 10 days" (Original Post) moniss Aug 10 OP
Damn! Bayard Aug 10 #1
Kick. Eko Aug 10 #2

Bayard

(26,623 posts)
1. Damn!
Sun Aug 10, 2025, 02:46 PM
Aug 10

The army even has to control funerals. And the killer going free is even more outrageous.

No law. No justice.

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