A convicted terrorist released just last week in the Hamas hostage exchange deal has died after falling from a roof, marking a dramatic end to his brief freedom after serving 20 years of seven life sentences for his role in one of the Second Intifada's deadliest attacks.

Naa'el Abid fell from a significant height near his residence in the Issawiya neighborhood of east Jerusalem and was evacuated in critical condition for medical treatment. His death was reported shortly after.

Abid was convicted of assisting in the suicide bombing at Cafe Hillel in Jerusalem in 2002, which left seven people dead and 57 wounded. The Cafe Hillel attack, in which Abid was involved, was one of the most severe attacks during the Second Intifada.

Abid was sentenced to seven life terms plus 30 years in prison. He was released during the previous phase of the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas after serving approximately 20 years of his sentence.

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Argentina will continue to track down the terrorists responsible for bombing the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994, prosecutor Sebastian Basso assured this week, after former Quds Force commander Ahmad Vahidi, one of the alleged perpetrators of the attack, was named Iran's next interior minister.

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Vahidi has been wanted by the International Criminal Police Organization – commonly known as Interpol – since 2007 and an extradition order has been issued against him by Argentina.

Vahidi's appointment drew outrage in Argentina, with its foreign ministry describing the move as "an insult to the justice system and the victims."

"We are doing our utmost to bring the perpetrators to justice in Argentina," Basso told Israel Hayom. "But there is not much we can do outside the borders of the state except ask the executive authority to move forward on the matter."

"The case is open, and the extradition orders are in force, and the prosecution is more interested in this person [Vahidi] standing trial in Argentina. We continue to investigate the case. We are working, among other things, to identify all those who were involved in carrying out the attack. We are aware, however, that after 27 years, it is a rather difficult task."

Basso has been in charge of extradition efforts since 2015, after replacing his predecessor Alberto Nisman, who was assassinated in January that year, four days after accusing then-president Cristina Kirchner (now vice president of Argentina) of manipulating the investigation in favor of the Iranians, as well as of terrorism and treason.

"When Nisman submitted documents in 2016 requesting the extradition of the Iranians involved, he made it clear that the regime in Iran has no constitution or democracy. The appointment does not surprise me, but what makes me sad is that we cannot bring Vahidi to Argentina."

The attack on the Jewish community center occurred on July 18, 1994. A suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with 275 kilograms of explosives into the building. The attack claimed the lives of 85 people and injured hundreds more. The bombing is Argentina's deadliest terrorist attack to date.

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Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, declared a state of emergency and mobilized forces in a massive manhunt to apprehend suspects behind the midnight attack at two separate police checkpoints inside the coastal enclave.

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Hamas security forces in Gaza reportedly believe that two suicide bombers linked to groups affiliated with or "sympathetic" to the Islamic State group were responsible for the deadly attack.

Sources in Gaza said that one of the culprits – a suicide bomber identified as "AGH" – was the son of a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad member.

The assailant was said to be active in the ranks of the terrorist group, but it is not clear if he also had links with extreme Salafi groups or ISIS.

His brother was a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing who was killed by Israel in 2012 for firing rockets from the Gaza Strip, according to various sources.

This article was originally published by i24NEWS.

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