Israel Arrests Attackers of Jewish Pilgrims at Joseph's Tomb

(Israel Hayom) Lilach Shoval - Three Palestinian Authority security officers who attacked Jewish pilgrims at Joseph's Tomb in April 2011 and killed Ben-Yosef Livnat were apprehended in May after being released from Palestinian jail, Israeli officials said on Wednesday. Livnat, the nephew of Culture and Sport Minister Limor Livnat, was killed when a group of Israelis tried to cross a Palestinian checkpoint en route to Joseph's Tomb on the outskirts of Nablus in the West Bank. Several others in the group were injured. The three detainees confessed that they deliberately fired on the Israelis.


2013-06-20 00:00:00

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