Brothers Yusef and Basel Abu-Tiya of the Mei Shiloach (Silwan) neighborhood of Jerusalem were arrested last month for taking part in violent anti-Israel riots during the Cast Lead operation in Gaza. On Thursday they were indicted by the Jerusalem District Court for a 2000 terrorist bombing.
The brothers, now 30 and 32, confessed to the 2000 bombing during their interrogation regarding the 2009 riot.
The bombing took place at the entrance to a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem and wounded three soldiers. The two alleged terrorists are accused of assembling the bomb and planting it near the cemetery, then setting a timer so the device would detonate as Israeli troops patrolled the area.
The two allegedly packed the bomb with the metal tips of nails and pesticide in order to increase the chance of causing death or serious injury.
The bomb exploded as a Border Police patrol passed by. The officers were wounded by the blast, and one required surgery.
Yusef and Basel have been charged with attempted murder, and Yusef has been charged with illegally obtaining and then selling a weapon as well.