Justice After 17 Years: Terrorist Suspected of Murdering Soldiers Ahikam Amichai and David Rubin Arrested

As part of a joint operation, the Shin Bet, the Special Operations Unit and the 636th Gathering Unit, arrested terrorist Ali Dandis, suspected of involvement in a shooting attack in Nahal Telem that took place in 2007, in which two IDF soldiers, Achikam Amichai and David Rubin, were murdered while hiking in the stream.

The terrorist is also suspected of involvement in another shooting attack that took place in 2012, which ended without casualties.

Over the years he has been arrested several times by the Palestinian security forces. Today, the security forces managed to arrest him.

"The Israel Security Agency, the Israel Police and the IDF continue their activities to thwart terrorism and will continue to act even more vigorously to thwart and bring to justice all those involved who seek to harm Israeli civilians and residents," the IDF Spokesperson said in a statement.

Staff Sergeant David Rubin was the son of Rabbi Mishael Rubin, a rabbi of Kiryat Arba and one of the heads of the Shavei Hebron Yeshiva. Corporal Ahikam Amichai was the son of Rabbi Yehuda Amichai and the grandson of Rabbi Moshe Zvi Neria zt"l.

During a walk in the area of Nahal Telem together with another girl, a squad of terrorists opened fire at them. The two soldiers, who were carrying their personal weapons, returned fire and engaged in a gun battle, during which they managed to kill one terrorist and wound another, but other terrorists managed to hit them and kill them. The girl managed to escape the scene unharmed.