When he arrived for the meeting, she drove him through the border control into the Palestinian-controlled territory and towards a secluded area on the outskirts of Ramallah where Palestinian terrorists shot him at close range, with Mona standing aside and watching.

When Rahum suggested a venue closer to his home, she claimed she had no car but promised to arrange for his return by 5 pm.

[3] On 17 January 2001, Mona and Rahum met at the central bus station in Jerusalem, spoke briefly in English, and then got on a taxi which drove to the el-Ram intersection.

From there they drove in a Ford Escort with Israeli license plates, through the border control into the Palestinian-controlled territory[4] and towards the outskirts of Ramallah.

Although Mona initially refused to cooperate with the investigators, she broke down after about four weeks and gave a full confession of her involvement in the murder,[9] and revealed the identities of her partners in crime – the senior Ramallah-area Fatah Tanzim operatives Hassan Alkadi and Abdul Fatah Doleh of Beitunia.

"[10] Thousands[citation needed] of people attended Rahum's funeral which was held on 19 January at noon in the Ashkelon cemetery.

[12] Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations wrote to the Secretary-General to protest the "recent acts of Palestinian terrorism directed against Israeli civilians".

[17] On 20 December 2011, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas privately met Awana in Ankara, for which he was criticized by Israel.