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The lawyer representing Nadal Amar, the terrorist who abducted and murdered First Sergeant Tomer Hazan last month, has provided details of the murder. According to a report on Channel 10, the lawyer said that Hazan fought his abductors, but they managed to handcuff him and then strangled him to death with his own trouser belt. Amar reportedly said that one of the terrorist organizations had promised him 5 million shekels for carrying out the murder. The lawyer, Muhammad Abed, also told the Maan news agency that his client has been tortured by his jailors. "He has undergone unbelievable torture, of...

The United Nations envoy for the Middle East condemned on Saturday night the abduction and killing of 20-year-old IDF soldier Tomer Hazan by a Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist. In a statement, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, emphasized the need for calm on the ground during this “critical moment” in the political efforts. Serry’s statement said the “shocking murder follows a series of violent incidents” in Judea and Samaria. He added that calm “is all the more important at this critical moment in the political process”, referring to the peace talks between Israel and...

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has sent his condolences to the Hazan family of Bat Yam, whose son Tomer Hazan, 20, an IDF soldier, was kidnapped and murdered by a terrorist on Friday. The slaying was part of the “ceaseless” terror war that Israel faces, he said. Israel will continue to fight terrorists with all the means at its disposal, he wrote. Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon blamed the Palestinian Authority for the slaying. “This cruel murder is the result of the ongoing incitement by the Palestinian leadership,” he accused. “Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] lends support to these horrific acts when,...