IDF soldier faces murder charges in connection with feud between Sawa'ad, Khaldi criminal groups
Lahav 433 investigators from the National Serious and International Crime Unit (YAHBAL) arrested the soldier after he attempted to burn his getaway vehicle.
An IDF soldier has been charged with murder for Hisham Hujeirat's death, as reported by the Israel Police. The incident followed a separate event at the Shefa-Amr Bus Terminal on July 1, where Hujeirat was shot and wounded after the killing of Ali Sawa ad. On August 12, the soldier allegedly shot Hujeirat outside his home, then fled the scene with accomplices, abandoning their vehicle in a forest near Bir al-Maksur.
Medical personnel pronounced Hujeirat dead on the spot. Lahav 433 investigators from the National Serious and International Crime Unit detained the soldier after he returned to the forest carrying gasoline, reportedly intending to burn the vehicle. After a forty-day detention period, the Haifa District Attorney's Office filed a prosecutor's declaration, announcing their intent to indict the soldier for Hujeirat's murder.
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