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Security officials for "Israel Today": "The suspicion grows that the incident in Samaria is a terrorist attack on a nationalist background" | Israel today

2020-12-21T08:25:43.588Z


| Security The assessment is strengthened that the murder in the Reihan forest is nationalist, and the security forces suspect that it is an Arab-Israeli • Defense Minister Ganz said: "The security forces are working to get their hands on the heinous killer" " The suspicion is growing that the death of Esther Horgan, a resident of Tal Menashe in northern Samaria, whose body was found last night (Monday) in


The assessment is strengthened that the murder in the Reihan forest is nationalist, and the security forces suspect that it is an Arab-Israeli • Defense Minister Ganz said: "The security forces are working to get their hands on the heinous killer" "

The suspicion is growing that the death of Esther Horgan, a resident of Tal Menashe in northern Samaria, whose body was found last night (Monday) in the Reihan forest with signs of violence, was caused by a terrorist attack on a nationalist background, security sources told Israel Today.

According to the suspect, the killer is an Arab-Israeli.

The scene of Horgan's body in the Reihan forest, this morning // Photo: Ehud Amiton, TPS

In response to Horgan's death, Defense Secretary Benny Gantz said security forces "are working to get their hands on the heinous killer."

In a tweet he posted on his Twitter account, Ganz shared in the grief of Horgan's family: "We will never accept a reality that human life becomes a no-brainer."

I share the deep grief of the Horgan family following the heinous murder of the late Esther.



The security forces are already working to get their hands on the heinous murderer. We will never accept a reality that human life becomes a no-brainer.

- Benny Gantz - Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) December 21, 2020

Gantz was also joined by President Reuven Rivlin, who said that "the brutal murder of Esther Horgan who left her home at noon and did not return a whole life of marvelous doing, of building a home and a family, of creation and care. A life robbed by human animals."

Rivlin added that he was confident that the security forces "would reach out to the despicable killers and bring them to justice. A brave embrace for Esther's family, children and father."

The brutal murder of Esther Horgan, who left her home at noon and did not return, cut off an entire life of marvelous work, of building a home and a family, of creation and care.

Life looted by human animals.



I am confident that our security forces will reach out to the despicable killers and bring them to justice.

A brave hug to Esther's family, children and father.

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- Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin (@ruvirivlin) December 21, 2020

Police and forensic investigators were called to the scene and began collecting findings and conducting investigative actions.

According to a preliminary investigation of the incident, Horgan went for a run in the forest near her residence, where she was allegedly murdered.

Police said that following a report received tonight about Horgan's absence, in the evening, volunteers from the Samaria-Jordan Valley Rescue Unit of the SJ District Police jumped in to search for the woman, but after hours of searching, the unit's volunteers found the missing woman late at night. Haim: Military forces, Border Police, the dog unit, police forces and civilians participated in the searches.

Suspected murder in Samaria: Esther Horgan's latest documentation // Photo: Preliminary documentation on the Telegram

Yossi Dagan, head of the Samaria Regional Council, said of Horgan: "She was so full of kindness and helping people. How does a woman go out of her house for a thin sporting activity and be murdered by wrongdoers in such a cruel way? What kind of evil do we face? You will never break For us, the settlement in Samaria will flourish and grow and be built together with the entire State of Israel. "

According to Dagan, Horgan left her home yesterday around 1:00 PM for a run in the woods.

In the evening, after failing to contact her, her husband called the security forces.

The scanning teams, including the Samaria Rescue Unit, volunteers from nearby localities, Rabshakehs, army and police scanning teams began searching for her. At around 1:00 at night, she was found lifeless.

MDA paramedics who arrived at the scene found Horgan's death at the scene. Assaf Tapuhi, an MDA paramedic who arrived at the scene, said: "When we arrived, we were taken to a place where a 52-year-old woman was lying unconscious. We performed medical tests, she was breathless. "Without a pulse and without any signs of life and in a short time we had to determine her death."

Source: israelhayom

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