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Home of terrorist who murdered Esther Horgan demolished

On Dec. 20 2020, Muhammad Marwah Kabha beat Horgan to death as she was out running in a forested grove near her home.

by  Lilach Shoval and Yair Altman
Published on  02-10-2021 16:18
Last modified: 02-10-2021 16:18
Home of terrorist who murdered Esther Horgan demolishedCourtesy

Muhammad Marwah Kabha, left, said he murdered Esther Horgan to avenge the death of another Palestinian security prisoner | Photo: Courtesy

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Two floors of a home in the Palestinian village Tura Al-Gharbiya that served as living quarters for Muhammad Marwah Kabha, who confessed to the brutal murder of Esther Horgan near Tal Menashe in late December, were demolished Wednesday morning by IDF forces.

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Last week, the Chief Military Prosecutor submitted an indictment against Kabha in the Judea Samaria Military Court. The indictment accused Kabha of intentionally causing Horgan's death (a count equivalent to murder), involvement in a shooting, and other crimes.

After he was apprehended by security forces following a lengthy manhunt, Kabha told interrogators that he had ethno-religious reasons for killing Horgan.

Kabha said that approximately six weeks before the murder, the death of another security prisoner, Kamal Abu Waer, in prison due to illness had prompted him to carry out a terrorist attack.

However, Prison Services Spokesman Yitzhak Gurlov confirmed that Abu Awar died in Shamir Medical Center in centreal Israel and not in prison, as claimed by Kabha.

Kabha said he used a hole in the security fence to scout the area. After realizing that there was little foot traffic at the scene and that it was mostly visited by Israeli civilians, he decided it would be an appropriate place to perpetrate his planned attack.

On the afternoon of Dec. 20, 2020, Kabha was in the wooded area near Tal Menashe, smuggling cigarettes through the fence. He approached a grove and waited there. A few hours later, he spotted Horgan, walking alone. He attacked and killed her.

In the days following the murder, Kabha received assistance from friends and relatives who helped him hide from Israeli security forces.

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