According to the confession of the leading suspect , Yosef Haim Ben-David , 29 , owner of an eyewear shop in Jerusalem , and resident of the settlement of Geva Binyamin , the original intention was to beat up an Arab or torch a shop . They switched into civilian clothes and removed their kippahs in order , as the leader confessed , not to shame God ’s name . They almost cancelled the project when , on stopping to dine , the Arab proprietor reminded them as they left to pick up their change . On sighting Mohammed Abu Khdeir , they asked for directions to Tel Aviv , and he either gave a rough indication , in poor Hebrew , or said he did n't understand . As he began to dial his cellphone , perhaps suspicious , the minors clamped hands over his mouth and dragged him into the car where , after he yelled " Allahu Akhbar " , he was choked , and the ringleader gave instructions he be finished off . On arriving at the forest , he was beaten repeatedly with a crowbar , each blow accompanied by a recital of Jewish victims of terrorism : " This is for the Fogel family , and this is for Shalhevet Pass " . They then poured gasoline over him , set him alight , and got rid of the evidence . The indictment against him and the two minors also includes an attempt to kidnap the 7-year-old Beit Hanoun boy , Moussa Zaloum , whom they choked and whose mother they punched in the face , and the torching of an Arab store earlier in June in the Palestinian village of Hizma
Fogel family
Itamar attack
Kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir