{"id":53197,"date":"2025-10-09T23:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israel-set-to-release-terrorist-behind-ramallah-lynching-of-two-reservists-murder-of-teen\/09\/10\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T03:53:41","slug":"israel-set-to-release-terrorist-behind-ramallah-lynching-of-two-reservists-murder-of-teen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israel-set-to-release-terrorist-behind-ramallah-lynching-of-two-reservists-murder-of-teen\/09\/10\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel set to release terrorist behind Ramallah lynching of two reservists, murder of teen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jihad A-Karim Azziz Rom was sentenced to life for Yuri Gushchin murder plus an additional 20 years for his role in the killing of the two reservists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jihad A-Karim Azziz Rom, a terrorist who participated in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/remembering-the-ramallah-lynching-20-years-later-645964\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:lynching of IDF reservists Vadim Norzitch and Yosef Avrahami;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">lynching of IDF reservists Vadim Norzitch and Yosef Avrahami<\/a> in 2000 and the abduction and murder of Yuri Gushchin in 2001, is set to be released as part of the Gaza <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/gaza-deal-timeline-timetable-steps-081318373.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:peace deal,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">peace deal,<\/a> Maariv reported early on Friday morning after the Israeli government approved the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rom, who was 26 at the time of the lynching, was sentenced to life for Guschin\u2019s murder plus an additional 20 years for his role in the killing of the two reservists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Ramallah lynching became a key moment in Palestinian terrorism, after Italian film crews recorded Arab terrorists lifting their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-823056\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:blood-soaked hands;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">blood-soaked hands<\/a> in celebration of the attack at Ramallah police station. The two reservists had mistakenly drove into Ramallah where they were detained by Palestinian Authority police officers, and taken to the local police station in Ramallah&#8217;s twin city el-Bireh where a thousand Palestinian rallied for their deaths. The crowd eventually overwhelmed the officers, took over the station and beat and stabbed Norzitch and Avrahami to death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gushchin, who immigrated to Israel from Russia in 1990, was visiting Ramallah with a Palestinian acquaintance after falsely being promised work. He was murdered at aged 18 and his body was discovered between the slaughterhouse between El Bireh and Beit El with multiple stab and gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Aziz Salha with bloody hands during lynching in Ramallah in 2000. (credit: Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Suicide bomber to be released<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Baher Bader, one of the terrorists responsible for a suicide bombing in Tzirifin in 2004, is also reportedly set to be released. Bader was sentenced to 11 life sentences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel has reportedly refused to release any child murderers, life prisoners who have served less than a decade in prison, and those defined as &#8216;terror symbols&#8217; will not be released.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/israel-set-release-terrorist-behind-032605314.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jihad A-Karim Azziz Rom was sentenced to life for Yuri Gushchin murder plus an additional 20 years for his role in the<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israel-set-to-release-terrorist-behind-ramallah-lynching-of-two-reservists-murder-of-teen\/09\/10\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/4cd05f17db07abf34554d79a90ac2eb0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}