Hebron branch of rogue Hamas wing has dark history
The abduction and killing of the three Israeli students is not the first terrorist incident associated with the Hebron-based group.
Marwan Qawasmeh is one of the two suspects for the abduction and murder of the three Israeli youths who were brought to their final resting place on July 1. Before they were murdered, one of the youths succeeded in calling the police and reported that he had been abducted. One can clearly discern the voices of the abductors on the police recording and a volley of shots from an automatic weapon. There's no doubt about it: The three youths were killed in cold blood, at point-blank range, only a few minutes after they entered the car apparently driven by Marwan Qawasmeh and the second abductor, Amar Abu Aisha.
This same week, I published an article about the Qawasmeh clan in Hebron and and gave a historical overview of some members of the family who have been implicated in past terrorist incidents. This family produced a long line of suicide terrorists and executors of terror acts in Israel, mainly during the period of the second intifada. In response to my article, Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab published a rejoinder in which he argued that "the stereotypical argument was fleshed out by Al-Monitor's Shlomi Eldar in a piece that is full of this sense of collective responsibility.''
In his article, Kuttab lists the names of Qawasmeh members who are artists, authors and members of the liberal profession and claims that this is a respectable family.
Instead of arguing with my colleague, I will also present the reader with a nominal list of Qawasmeh family members. Next to each name is the terrorist act or acts in which the individual was partner with, or which he masterminded and planned:
