The following is a statement by Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI) regarding Mohammad Abu Warda (pictured)
NEW YORK - A Palestinian Arab terrorist who murdered three Americans has been spotted in Gaza, and a leading pro-Israel organization is urging President Trump to send U.S. forces to capture him.
The Times of Israel reports (February 20) that Mohammad Abu Warda, who was recently released in a hostages-for-terrorists exchange, attended this week’s ghoulish Hamas public ceremony involving the bodies of murdered Israeli hostages.
Abu Warda was responsible for the February 25, 1996 bus bombing in Jerusalem, in which 26 passengers were murdered, including American citizens Sara Duker, Matthew Eisenfeld, and Ira Weinstein.
AFSI national chairman Moshe Phillips said: “In the past, U.S. forces have been sent abroad to capture terrorists and other criminals, including hijacker Fawaz Younis (caught in 1987), Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega (1990), and World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef (1995). American forces should be sent to Gaza immediately to capture Abu Warda and bring him to trial here. Allowing him to walk free makes a mockery of justice.”