A Gaza terrorist, Dafa Abu Adra, was sentenced to 28 years in prison in the Be'er Sheva District Court on Wednesday. The terrorist was convicted of four counts of attempted murder, two counts of active involvement in an illegal organization, three counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, one count of transporting a weapon, and one count of transmitting information with the goal of perpetrating an attack.
The convictions were based on Abu Adra's confession that he had fired rockets at the city of Sderot, and at an IDF post near Gaza. He had also planted bombs that were to be used against IDF troops.
Most of the incidents took place in the summer of 2007. Abu Adra was arrested in early 2008.
Prosecutors urged the judges to impose a harsh sentence. “The city of Sderot suffered for more than seven years from the rockets fired by terrorists... The residents of Sderot, among them women, children and the elderly, paid in blood. And in addition to the deaths of innocents, there were those who were wounded, and there was psychological damage and trauma that continue to this day... Firing rockets on an innocent civilian population calls for a harsh response,” they argued.
The judges stated in their verdict that they had taken into account the fact that the defendant had admitted to the charges he faced, that he had expressed regret for his actions, and that he had no prior offenses on his record.
The convictions were based on Abu Adra's confession that he had fired rockets at the city of Sderot, and at an IDF post near Gaza. He had also planted bombs that were to be used against IDF troops.
Most of the incidents took place in the summer of 2007. Abu Adra was arrested in early 2008.
Prosecutors urged the judges to impose a harsh sentence. “The city of Sderot suffered for more than seven years from the rockets fired by terrorists... The residents of Sderot, among them women, children and the elderly, paid in blood. And in addition to the deaths of innocents, there were those who were wounded, and there was psychological damage and trauma that continue to this day... Firing rockets on an innocent civilian population calls for a harsh response,” they argued.
The judges stated in their verdict that they had taken into account the fact that the defendant had admitted to the charges he faced, that he had expressed regret for his actions, and that he had no prior offenses on his record.