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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.634737
Court Convicts Hamas Mastermind behind Kidnap-Murder of 3 Israeli Teens
(Ha'aretz) Gili Cohen - Hussam Qawasmeh, 40, the Palestinian who confessed to planning the kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrah in the West Bank in June, was convicted in an Israeli military court on Wednesday. Qawasmeh admitted to planning the attack and funding it with 200,000 shekels he received from his brother in Gaza, who was deported to the Strip as part of the deal that released kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Qawasmeh admitted to procuring weapons used in the attack, and later aiding in burying the boys' bodies, as well as in helping the killers evade law enforcement officials.