The Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court extended the remand of Raid Khalil, the 36-year-old resident of Dura near Hevron who stabbed two Israelis to death in Tel Aviv in November, by one week on Wednesday.
The head of the Special Investigations department of the Yiftach division of the Israel Police, Superintendent Asaf Bernes, noted during the hearing that Khalil admitted to "wanting to kill Jews, wanting to be a martyr."
Khalil also "expressed regret, apologized, and cried" during the investigation, he added.
Khalil's attorney, Halal Abu Atzaam, insisted that the attack was not premeditated.
"He told me, 'I just woke up one morning and didn't feel well," Atzaam claimed to the court, adding that Khalil's motivations included the relationship between Palestinian Arabs in Hevron and "settlers," in his words.
During the attack, Halil - who worked at a local restaurant - stabbed to death Yisayev Aharon, a 32-year-old from Holon, and Reuven Aviram, a 51-year-old from Ramle. He also moderately injured an Israeli man in his fifties.