Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
The killers were eventually caught by the Israel Police after intelligence pinpointed the house where the weapons were hidden. When they reached the house, they found a concrete wall which was not yet dry, arousing their suspicion. After digging up the concrete they found the murder weapons - the pitchfork, knives and axes which were used by the militants to kill the soldiers. After examining the weapons, an investigation led the police to the killers themselves. The arrests were announced in March 1992. The killers were brothers Ibrahim Hassan Agbariya and Mohammed Hassan Agbariya, their cousin Yahya Mustafa Agbariya, and Mohammed Tawfik Jabarin, residents of Umm al-Fahm and Musheirifa. They had been recruited by the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.