As for the day of the murder, Udai repeated the defendant's suppressed version, according to which they got up in the morning, drove to Hummus, washed the car, the restaurant was open, and they sat and ate with other people. Afterwards, they returned to the compound and Odai said that he did not notice who was there, except for Shaker, who later went out to pray [ibid., at pp. 196, 213-214]. Udai, of course, confronted the claim that the restaurant was closed during those hours, but insisted that it was open. In this context, I will refer to the analysis that was carried out above in relation to the evidence relating to the restaurant's opening hours and the refraining from bringing relevant defense witnesses, and this is sufficient to reject the words of 'Udai, who was unable to provide any convincing explanation for his failure to provide details regarding the events of the day of the murder when he was interrogated by the police four times. He claimed that he did not believe in the police, and therefore chose not to tell what he knew [ibid., at pp. 206-208]. In view of the sudden recollection of Thursday's events, Udai was asked about his actions on Wednesday of that week, claimed that he did not remember accurately and that he often walked around, and found it difficult to provide an explanation of the difference between Wednesday and Thursday in this context [ibid., pp. 208-209].
Regarding Sunday, 28 August 2022, 'Udai testified that in the evening the defendant came to his home in Haifa, on Haganah Street in Kiryat Eliezer, and that together they went to Samer's home on Khoury Street in Haifa. At this point, the witness noticed that Samer was giving the defendant a phone. The three then returned to Udai's home together, and the defendant left at a certain point [ibid., at pp. 199-200, 217-218]. This version contradicts the defendant's stubborn claim that he was not at Samer's home that evening, and that the meeting with Samer was at Udai's home. In addition, Udai does not testify to the return of a telephone that was loaned from the defendant to Samar, but only to the delivery of any device from Samer to the defendant, without any data regarding the context. Udai was also asked about Monday, the day of his arrest, and for the first time he confirmed that he had traveled with the defendant and 'Abd al-Hadi to various places, including to the family compound, where they ate and then went out to work for the defendant. According to him, the meeting was not intended for a specific purpose, but was arranged out of longing.