For demented cruelty there are no precedents, even among Palestinian terrorists, for the recent slaughter of three Israeli children (and their parents) in Itamar. Their targets, 11 and 4 year old brothers and their 3-month-old baby sister, were stabbed and slashed while asleep in their beds. Just before Passover, the identity of the murderers was disclosed. Hakim Mazen Awad (age 18) and Amjad Mahmad Awad (age 19), unrelated members of the same clan from the nearby Arab village of Awarta, recounted how they entered the Fogel home and stabbed Yoav and Elad to death. Then they went to their parents' bedroom and murdered Ehud and Ruth.With their bloody mission accomplished, they left the Fogel home. But spotting a police car they returned inside, where they heard the crying of 3-month-old Hadas. They slit her throat. Unknowingly they left behind, unharmed, sleeping brothers Roi (age 8) and Yishai (age 2). Had they been noticed, Amjad blandly told Israeli investigators, the murderers...(Read Full Post)