The police suspect that the three knew about the girl's plan or assisted her in carrying out the attack.
Sixteen-year-old Basma Awad al-Nabari from the village of Hura tried to enter the base, and when the regimental policeman asked her what she was doing, she pulled out an FN Herstal gun. The policeman managed to move her hand, and she fired four or five bullets.
After the shots were fired, she began arguing with the policeman, who spoke to her in Arabic. He asked her to put down the gun and promised that nothing bad would happen to her. The girl took shelter near the fence.
At this stage, the policeman reported the incident and additional forces were dispatched to the area. Chief Inspector Ophir Yevarkan spotted the terrorist at the corner of the base's circumferential fence, pointing her gun at the buildings and shooting. He fired at her and killed her.
Following the attempted attack, police investigators searched the terrorist's home and found notebooks in which she had written that she wants to be a "shahida" (martyr) because of what the Palestinians experienced during the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
The residents of Hura were amazed by the incident. Al-Nabari's relatives described a pleasant girl, an outstanding student, who would not have hurt anyone.
"The entire family is surprised," one of the relatives, Uda al-Nabari, told Ynet. "She may have gone to file a complaint with the police, and they accidentally thought she wanted to carry out an attack.
"The police must check this and prove that it was indeed a nationalistically-motivated incident. Basma was a normal girl. Everyone was amazed when they heard about this."