An Israeli court on Monday sentenced Jordanian detainee Thaer al-Louzi to 19 years in prison.
Asra Media Office said in a statement that an Israeli court sentenced Thaer al-Louzi 29 to 19 years on charges of attempting to kill Israeli settlers in Umm Al-Rashrash port.
The court also ruled that al-Louzi pays a $73000 fine as a compensation for the Israeli settlers injured in the alleged attack.
Al-Louzi on 9 July 2020 was convicted of attacking and injuring two Israeli settlers in Umm Al-Rashrash with a hammer after obtaining a permit to work in the city.
According to Israeli reports al-Louzi in 2018 obtained an Israeli permit to work in Umm Al-Rashrash which is adjacent to Jordan’s the Gulf of Aqaba and when he arrived there he started to plan for the attack which he carried out weeks later.
Al-Louzi is one of about 30 Jordanian detainees languishing in Israeli jails.
