Friends of Man Run Over in Hebron Offering $10 Thousand for Killer

A Facebook page started by the friends of Avraham Hasno, 54, who was run over by a Palestinian during a riot in Hebron, offers a reward for the killer's transfer to the Israeli police. "It doesn't help that he was detained by the Arabs — as far we're concerned, he's walking around free," the Facebook page operators say.

Abraham Asher Hasno was killed in a drive-by attack while driving near Hebron's Kiryat Arba. His car was hit by stones thrown by Arabs, and Hasno stopped to assess the damage and to chase away the attackers. As he left his vehicle, a Palestinian truck ran him over and dragged his body on the road a few hundred feet. The mortally injured Jewish man lay on the road for quite a while, did not receive any assistance, and Arabs who passed by photographed him lying on the road with their smartphones.

The poster, in English, Hebrew and Arabic, reads: "Wanted, to be turned over to Israel Police, the reward: NIS 40,000 (a little more than $10,000).

Assaf S, who launched the Facebook page after Hasno had been murdered, told Walla he had known Hasno from his job at the Othniel settlement. "The search for the terrorist came later, the page opened at first in protest that the state did not recognize Hasno as a terror victim. When that had been taken care of — I moved to the next struggle, dealing with the fact that this terrorist is walking free. It doesn't make a difference that he is in Arab police custody. For us, he is free."

Along with Assaf S, two other friends are running the site, and Assaf says there is a single donor who has agreed to transfer the amount to those who assist in the extradition of the killer driver. "The money is ready, we are not asking for him 'dead or alive,' but only to hand him over to the police," Assaf S said.

Arab media have been raging over the new initiative, and gave it major play on Palestinian Facebook news sites like Ramallah News.