Korman repeatedly smashed the boy's head against a nearby wall and then against the door of the jeep. Israeli settler leaders denied the account. However, according to the Jerusalem Post, Korman at first admitted hitting the boy, but later stopped cooperating with the investigation. After the autopsy the family was not immediately given the body. The Israeli army commonly withholds the bodies of Palestinian victims so that independent autopsies cannot be conducted and so that no memorial or protest can be readily mounted.
Jewish settlers are fully armed.
Their weapons are supplied by the Israeli army and they enjoy relative immunity from prosecution for crimes committed against Palestinians. If convicted, they often receive light jail sentences that are only partially served. He was beaten. On October 16, settlers from Shirfee Shimron near Nablus set up road blocks and stoned Palestinian cars. 12 year old Yaseen Zohdi was struck by a rock and had to be hospitalized as a result.