15.5 years in prison to Operation Preventive Edge terrorist

15 and half years in prison in a plea bargain was sentenced to 24 years old terrorist arrested during the operation Preventive Edge by the District Court Judge in Beersheba.

The terrorist Mohammed Abu Draz, a resident of Gaza, was captured during fighting near the tunnel at the entrance to a Gazan kindergarten cargo in order to run, shoot, and try to kidnap soldiers. When IDF forces opened fire on advanced heavy-set and link these had not managed to fire or explosion. The accused was arrested by soldiers after he was trying to run to the house where he was hiding.

The indictment said that during 2003, when the terrorist was a minor, he joined Hamas religious studies and occasionally changed the learning groups. In 2009 he met the accused as part of other active religious studies Hamas, and participated with them in school until April 2014.

In 2010, the defendant asked to join Izz-al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and he received training regiments and joined the military in this framework. On several occasions, the defendant had military training, including the use of firearms and the study session and laying IEDs.

In July 2014 during Operation "Pillar of Defense", the accused, led by Hamas commanders, armed himself with a combat vest, assault rifle, ammunition and grenades and ambushed IDF forces.

In this context, the defendant received a directive to settle in nearby mosque also equipped with an explosive charge called "TV" and wait in ambush for soldiers. At the same time, other activists positioned themselves near the near the tunnel opened near a kindergarten to kill soldiers or try to kidnap one of them.

The defendant and his cohorts, placed the IED near the waiting time will be activated soldiers there. When the soldiers approached the scene, shot at the defendant and his cohorts much ammunition which prevented the defendant and his friends attempt to operate the IED or return fire at them.

Such was the accused and some of the others who were with him were arrested by IDF forces entered the house, thus avoiding damage to these soldiers that was designed by the defendant and his friends.

Judge ruling: "There is no doubt that the acts of the accused over difficult terrain. He put the soldiers to the real dangers due skill soldiers only, not caused loss of life due to acts of the defendant and his friends."

As mentioned above, Abu Draz was sentenced 15.5 years in prison, and another year on probation.

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