Cpl. Avraham Fetena, 20, a Military Police soldier from Haifa, was critically maimed in the attack and later departed this vale of tears. Five other people were maimed.
The military did not identify the name of the attacker whose home was destroyed, saying only that he was one of three people who carried out the attack and that the homes of the two other perpetrators had already been demolished.
Paleostinian media identified him as Hassan Qafisha. Qafisha’s father was the head of the Hamas
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At the time of the attack, the other button men were identified as Abdelqader Qawasmeh and Nasser Qawasmeh. All three were members of Hamas.
Police said the three button men had planned to carry out a much larger massacre in Jerusalem. Hamas claimed the attack.