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Serious Crimes Case (Haifa) 9375-05-21 State of Israel v. David Abu Aziz - part 127

March 24, 2026
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In the video, Ruthie Arnon is seen saying that she has seen "everything." She said the two were wearing masks, wearing a teddy bear coat with a hat, but at the same time clarified that the whole incident lasted "two seconds" and that maybe they had put the hat on their heads, she didn't know.  Ruthie Arnon's words were made immediately after the deceased was murdered in front of her eyes in a harsh and cruel way, and the defense's arguments in her summaries that she acted sharply and understanding do not accurately reflect her situation.  Repeated viewing of the body camera video (which lasts about 20 minutes) reveals that Ruthie Arnon is in a traumatic state, screaming and screaming, supported by her daughter who was summoned to the scene from her nearby residence, talking hysterically on the phone, sitting on a sofa as if lamenting.  At one point, Ruthie Arnon's daughter turns to the policeman and asks if he knows what can be given to her mother for calming down, Ruthie Arnon says that she is going to faint and the policeman even recommends giving her a tranquilizer (woven).

In this context, we will also refer to the conversations with MDA and the Communications Officer that were documented immediately after the murder.

In a conversation between Ruthie Arnon and the MDA hotline, Ruthie Arnon is heard talking hysterically, the operator asks her to calm down several times, and after he gets on the MDA hotline, shouts are heard in the background: "Where's Eyal? Amallah is blue.  He's dead.  He's dead.  He's dead.  Amallah (incomprehensible screaming and crying) Dan, Dan, incomprehensible and distant speech, screaming and crying" (P/86, P/86A).

The police representative who called MDA to report the stabbing incident also said in the phone call that she had no further details about the incident, since in the phone conversation with the deceased's daughter, "there is no cooperation, there is only shouting."

When Ruthie Arnon recounted the incident on 29 March 2021, it seemed that the horrors of the incident had left its mark on her, and she described it in a way that left real doubt as to whether she could have identified the assailants at all.

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