The Israel Parole Board has rejected a request for early release submitted by one of the five Arab terrorists responsible for the death of four-year-old Adele Biton. His name was not included in the decision, and a court order was issued, prohibiting its publication.
“The committee believes the prisoner remains a danger [to the public] and therefore rejects the request,” the parole board wrote.
Adele’s mother, Dr. Adva Biton, appeared before the Parole Committee at Megiddo Prison to request the killer’s application for parole be denied.
Little Adele was critically wounded in March 2013 at age two while riding in her parents’ car as they were attacked by Palestinian Authority Arabs outside the Samaria city of Ariel.
The toddler, who was struck in the head with a rock the size of a grapefruit, was critically injured. Adele suffered permanent, severe neurological damage and spent months in and out of hospital following rehabilitation.
Two years later, the child died.
Adele’s killer was a teenager when he participated in the attack that caused the family car to veer off the road and crash into a truck.
Muhammad Suleiman, Tamer Souf, Ammar Souf, Ali Shamlawi and Muhammad Kleib, all residents of the Palestinian Authority Arab village of Kifl Haris in Samaria, were minors when they attacked the Biton family.
They were sentenced in January 2016 to 15 years in prison as part of a plea bargain deal.
