4/17/11, Israel Today:  The Israeli Army confirmed on Sunday the arrest of two young Palestinian Arabs for the slaughter of the Fogel family settlers in the Jewish community of Itamar on March 11th.  An army spokesman told Israel Radio that 18 year old Hakem Awwad and 19 year old Amjad Awwad confessed to the murders of Udi and Ruth Fogel and three of their children, and that they showed absolutely no remorse.  

The young suspects told security officials that they went into Itamar at about 9 pm armed with knives.  The entered a home that was empty and stole an M-16 rifle they found there.  The killers then broke into the Fogel home and found the bedrooms of 11 year old Yoav Fogel and four year old Elad Fogel and stabbed them to death.  They then entered the parents' room, where they struggled with and overcame Udi and Ruth Fogel.  After exiting the house, Amjad Awwad told officials that he could not resist the urge to go back in and kill 3 month old Hadas Fogel who was crying amidst her parents' blood.  Amjad also said that had he known there were two other children sleeping in the house, he would have killed them too.  

Following the attack, the youths returned to their nearby village, where an uncle helped hide the knives, burn the bloody clothes and get rid of the M-16 rifle they had stolen.  Other family members helped cover up the murders in other ways.  

Among the Palestinians, these youths are lauded as national heroes, which increases the motivation to commit such violent acts of murder against Jews, especially settlement Jews.