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Serious Crimes Case (Be’er Sheva) 33815-10-23 State of Israel v. Ahmad Abu al-Qi’an - part 30

September 6, 2026
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Important for him are human words regarding the way Jawdat (whom he calls "one, the one next to him") behaved during the ride and things that Jawdat said until he joined the ambulance at the gas station: "One, he was nervous and said he was run over and I took the phone from him." I told you he (referring to Jawdat) said he was run over I will do it, I will do it...  run over, twice , I think." At this point, we should again consider Jaudat's version that the Dodge rode the deceased twice, first with the front wheel and then with the rear wheel.

In response to a question about clarifying to Adam what Jawdat meant when he said that he would do it, he explained: "Nervous, disjointed, nervous...  I will do...  I didn't understand him...  I will act as if I am going to hit them...  to stab (?) ...  I wasn't focused on him.  .." (pp.  12-13).

These statements testify that already during the incident, Jaudat behaved in accordance with the person who saw the accident with his own eyes , and that he immediately understood that this was not a "regular" accident or one that occurred because of the deceased, and that if not, what reason did he have to want to hit or stab the person who ran over the deceased? This also undermines the argument that it was only following what he heard in the hospital and in the days after the accident that he linked the incident by washing to the car-ramming and decided to incriminate the defendant by means of a false version.

In its summary, the defense argued that Jaudat's version that the defendant got into the deceased with the vehicle after hitting him was false, taking into account that contrary to what he said, the pathological opinion states that "no clear pattern of tire on the skin was found."

In this regard, it is not clear from the outset what Jawdat's interest is in adding this part to his version (assuming that he was at the scene and saw the accident) when there is no dispute that the death was a direct result of being hit by the Dodge vehicle.  A description according to which the defendant chased the deceased with the Dodge, hit him, and threw him several meters into the air until he was slammed into the road without getting on it (as the defense claims) embodies the same guilt and the same severity.

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