The 13-year-old Arab terrorist who took part in the October 15, 2015 stabbing attack in the Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood of northern Jerusalem was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. Justice Yoram Noam of the Jerusalem District Court handed down the sentence against Ahmed Manasra, the young terrorist. he carried out the stabbing attack with his 15-year-old cousin who was shot dead by security agents on the scene.

On the day of the attack the young terrorist returned from school and met with his cousin, Hassan Mahani, 15. They spoke of the situation pertaining to al-Aqsa Mosque and of Gaza residents, deciding to become shaheedim (martyrs) for the cause by carrying out and attack.

Mansara got hold of a knife with a 15cm (6 inch) blade from his parent’s bedroom and headed out to stab Jews. Two Israelis were seriously wounded in the attack, a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle and a male in his 20s.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)