A northern resident was charged with murder with indifference after accidentally shooting his brother

The tragic incident occurred when brothers Khaled and Hussein Awad went to their brother-in-law's house amid a dispute between him and their sister.

Khaled, who was fighting in the corps, fired one shot from the gun that hit his brother's forehead - causing his death.

The prosecution alleges against him that he was indifferent to the possibility of causing death

Yoav Itiel

17/03/2022

Thursday, 17 March 2022, 23:00 Updated: 23:31

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In the video: Adv. Sasson Bar Oz (Walla!)

The Haifa District Attorney's Office filed an indictment today (Thursday) against Khaled Awad, 37, from the village of Mizra in the Western Galilee, for the indifferent murder of his brother Hussein Awad, 46.

The murdered man, a lawyer and local councilor, was hit by a lone bullet fired during an argument and a fight between the two with their 42-year-old brother-in-law, Muhammad, over a dispute between the brother-in-law and their sister, who left home and moved into their parents' house.

The incident took place in the yard of the couple's house where the brothers came to straighten things out.

The tragic event occurred on the night of Saturday, February 18th.

According to the indictment filed in the Haifa District Court through prosecutor Adv. Rami Salameh, against the background of the family dispute and after an exchange of telephone messages that included insults and threats between the late Hussein and the brother-in-law, the Hussein and Khaled brothers arrived at the house with Khaled holding a loaded gun. The three children, aged 13, 11 and 8, were also present at the time.

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Khaled Awad Haifa District Court, Today (Photo: Yoav Itiel)

The two brothers demanded that their brother-in-law Muhammad open the gate while Khaled had already pulled through his gun.

Muhammad opened the gate after equipping himself with a hammer.

Immediately after the brothers entered the yard a physical and verbal confrontation began between Khaled and their brother-in-law Muhammad during which they pushed each other.

The indictment states that the brother-in-law noticed Khaled approaching him with the pistol in his hand, and hit him with the hammer in the forehead area.

Khaled, who was fighting his brother-in-law Muhammad, fired one shot from the gun that hit the forehead of his brother Awad, who was standing very close to him and the brother-in-law, thus causing his death.

The prosecution argues against him that he was indifferent to the possibility of causing death or serious injury.

The MDA team that arrived at the scene found Hussein Awad with no signs of life and determined his death. The police have opened an investigation into the case.

The murdered man, Hussein Awad (Photo: Photos by surfers, section 27A of the Copyright Law)

The facts of the indictment show that after the fatal shooting, the fight between Khaled and Muhammad, who tried unsuccessfully to get the gun out of his hand, continued.

Near the yard fence Muhammad pushed Khaled to the fence and Khaled jumped from it into the street with the gun in his hand, threw the gun at a neighbor living nearby, and ordered him to hide it.

The neighbor agreed and indeed threw the gun at the courtyard of a mosque next to the house.

According to the indictment, shortly after, Khaled returned to the scene, checked with the neighbor where the gun was, went to the mosque with another man, broke the lock of the mosque gate, took the gun from the mosque surface and fled with it.

The next day he turned himself in to the police, was arrested, and has remained in custody ever since.

The brother-in-law and the neighbor gave their detailed versions to the police and so did eyewitnesses who said that after the incident they saw Khaled on the street holding a gun.

Khaled himself maintained in most of his investigations the right to remain silent.

Today, at the same time as filing the indictment, the prosecution sought to detain him until the end of the legal proceedings against him, noting the danger posed to him by the corps in particular and the public in general, while also mentioning that he has a criminal record including five previous convictions for violence, drugs and property.

Judge Nitzan Silman will set a date for a hearing on the body of this request and in the meantime extended the detention until a different decision, with the consent of the defense attorney, Adv. Sasson Bar-Oz, who is studying the investigation file.

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