 Nujidat confessed to the crime and reenacted it, but later retracted his confession, claiming that it had been extracted under pressure and that the reconstruction was based on media reports and descriptions from fellow villagers.The Israeli government ultimately paid Sabih and Eid each NIS 500,000 in compensation and NIS 175,000 in attorney's fees, in addition to NIS 450,000 in compensation to Nujidat.On April 18, 2004 a shooting attack was committed in the Beit Rimon junction by the Israeli-Arabs Mohammed Khatib and Alah Moussa who were members of the Arab-Israeli "Free People of the Galilee" terrorist cell.