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'Gaza screams echo in my ears'

Court remands parents, uncle of teenage terrorist who fired on Border Guard officers in Shoket Junction, to custody; police enter excerpts of girl's diary, expressing her wish to 'die for Palestine', say it's 'unlikely a 16-year-old girl took it upon herself to become shahida'

Police officers searching the home of 16-year-old Bedouin Basma Awad al-Nabari, who fired on Border Guard officers stationed at Shoket Junction Saturday, found ammunitions and incitement literature.

 

The search's findings, presented to the Beersheba Magistrate's Court Sunday, were entered into evidence as part of the police motion to remand the girl's parents and uncle to custody.

 

The three were arrested on Saturday afternoon and according to the police suspicions "have a clear connection to the incident."

 

Police officer Haim Didi told the court that a search of the uncle's room inside the family home resulted in three bullets and that incitement literature was found all around the house and mostly in the girl's room.

 

The police also introduced al-Nabari's diary as evidence,

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.

 

"It's raining enemy missiles," she wrote, "And I can hear the screams of Gaza echo in my ears. I have a profound wish to die for Palestine; I have a profound wish to die for Gaza." Other entries include her expressing her wish to "hurt police officers and the enemy," and according the officer Didi's testimony, documents indicating the family's affiliation with Hamas were also found in the house.

 

Nevertheless, Didi added that those responsible for the girl's action must be found, since "it's unlikely that a 16-year-old girl took it upon herself to become a shahida."

 

Attorney Esther Bar-Zion, for the family, told the court that the girl's mother was in fact illiterate and does not know how to use a computer. "The police claim the parents should have known what their daughter was up to. This woman has just lost all she holds dear – how could she possibly know?"

 

The police asked the court to remand all three on suspicion of conspiracy to committing a crime and breaching national security. The court remanded the girl's father, Ibrahim, and uncle, Awad, for four days, and her mother, Najah for 24 hours; afterwards she will be remanded to house arrest at her brother's home.

 


פרסום ראשון: 04.05.09, 16:11
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