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Israeli teen charged in stone-throwing attack that killed Palestinian woman

Aisha Rabi, 47, a mother of eight, was driving with her husband and two of their children when she was hit in the head by a stone thrown by what police alleged was a group of Israeli high school students.

Palestinians carry the body of 48-year-old mother of eight Aisha Rabi, who died of her wounds after the car she was traveling in with her husband was hit by stones, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Bidya on Oct. 13, 2018. Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Palestinians carry the body of 48-year-old mother of eight Aisha Rabi, who died of her wounds after the car she was traveling in with her husband was hit by stones, during her funeral in the West Bank village of Bidya on Oct. 13, 2018. Credit: Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

An Israeli teen was charged on Thursday with killing a Palestinian woman a few months ago in what the Shin Bet labeled a “terror attack in every sense.”

The 16-year-old, whose name has not been released because he is a minor, was charged by the Central District Attorney with manslaughter, intentional sabotage of a vehicle and aggravated stone throwing at a moving vehicle.

The Palestinian killed was Aisha Rabi, 47, a mother of eight. She was driving with her husband and two of their children when she was hit in the head by a stone thrown by what police alleged was a group of Israeli high school students.

DNA connected to one of the accused perpetrators was found on the stone that killed Rabi.

If convicted, the suspect could face significant time behind bars; a manslaughter charge carries a maximum of 20 years in prison.

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