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Criminal Case (Be’er Sheva) 20958-08-24 State of Israel – F.M. v. Muhammad Azzam - part 36

April 30, 2026
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Conclusion

  1. Investigator Aya's testimony and the testimony of the police investigators in court were clear, authentic and uncontradicted, and the investigators left a reliable impression that is even more valid in the repetition of the defendant's statements in his various interrogations, the scope of the statements, their content and their context, which testify that they were said by him and according to his personal knowledge, which correspond to his actions detailed in the indictment and to the forensic evidentiary fabric found on his personal devices.

The defendant confessed to his actions during two interrogations before Investigator Aya (P/13, P/14), and the third time, a few days later, he also confessed to Officer Haim (P/8).  As the prosecution claims, the possibility that the interrogators invented the details that arise in the defendant's statements to the police and the Shin Bet is illogical and unacceptable, especially when it comes to various interrogators, veteran and experienced, who left a good and reliable general impression.

Moreover, in the defendant's claims about the conduct of the policemen Haim and that of Wupika (before which he denied and did not admit that he had made a statement) that were raised for the first time during the testimony of the two in court (raising their voices, hand gestures, etc.), there is no indication of improper or unusual conduct and there is no cost or deduction, and certainly not when we are dealing with suppressed and vague claims that were not abandoned for nothing as if they were not in the oral and written defense summaries.

Supporting Evidence in the Defendant's Confession

  1. The defendant's confessions are also supported by objective external evidence, including much data extracted from the defendant's personal devices: mobile phone, laptop, and tablet. All the evidence that will be detailed was submitted with the consent of the defense and marked in the exhibits file - P/21, P/22, P/23, P/22.

From the unpacking of the defendant's two mobile phones (P/21, P/21A, P/22), many different and varied contents of the appeal were found, including:

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