At Shifa Hospital in Gaza, Israel Captures Architect of 2014 Abduction, Murder of 3 Teens

(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - Mahmoud Kawasme, a senior Hamas official who was one of the planners and financiers of a terror cell that kidnapped and murdered three Israeli teens in 2014, was arrested by Israeli security forces at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Israeli security officials announced Wednesday. Kawasme was deported to Gaza in the 2011 prisoner swap for IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, from where he directed Hamas terrorist activities in the West Bank, including the murder of Gil-ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrach and Naftali Fraenkel, as well as several shooting attacks in recent years.


2024-03-21 00:00:00

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