The prosecution responded by claiming that the defendant’s confession is backed up by a confession of his wife, who saw him return from the rooftop where the stone was dropped from.The indictment describes how, after hearing screams from the direction of his neighbor’s house, Bakar “made his way to the western edge of the rooftop and saw IDF soldiers walking in two lines from the adjacent intersection. At this point, the defendant made the decision to take a brick and throw it off the rooftop he was standing on, towards the soldiers standing near the building.“For that purpose, the defendant approached a brick wall that was positioned on the rooftop, near its south-western corner. The defendant grabbed a brick weighing 9-11 kilograms that was laying on the wall, unattached.” The indictment continues to describe how the defendant heard voices “which he recognized to be voices of soldiers, and threw the block towards the source of voices... with the intention of killing.”As the block was being tossed from the 13-meter-high rooftop, “the deceased, who was walking at the time with his fellow soldiers near the edge of the building, looked up. The block hit his head with a strong force, causing him to collapse and lose consciousness instantly,” the indictment reads.The prosecution requested to extend his detention until the end of proceedings.Amit Ben Yigal’s father said upon arrival in the court that he has “complete faith in the attorneys and prosecutors in this case, who are going to demand that this terrorist is punished with no less than life in prison.”Troops from the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion had been carrying out a series of arrests in the village of Yabad in the West Bank early in the morning of May 12 and had detained four wanted Palestinians – two suspected of involvement in a terrorist organization, and two suspected of throwing stones.At around 4:30 a.m., after completing the arrests, troops began to leave the village when a group of 10 locals began throwing stones towards the troops who were making their way out of the village by foot.After two stones were thrown at the troops, it is believed that the suspect took the opportunity to drop the large rock on Ben Yigal’s face as he was looking up with his rifle to identify who was throwing the stones. While two soldiers opened fire towards the roof, they were unable to identify who threw the deadly rock.המחבל פרץ בבכי ובצעקות במהלך הקראת כתב האישום נגדו: "לא נכון. לא עשיתי את זה. מי כתב את זה, אני אמרתי את הכל לפני חוקרי השב"כ, איך הם כתבו כזה דבר?"(אורלי אלקלעי) pic.twitter.com/rWr8lIn8FU
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Amit Ben Yigal's killer indicted for intentionally causing death
As the indictment was being read to the defendant, Bakar broke down in tears, shouting: "I didn't kill anyone on purpose. It's not true."
