An Israeli military court has convicted Raed Sheikh of the intentional killing of two IDF reserve soldiers during a lynch in Ramallah almost three years ago. At the time of the murder, Sheikh was a member of the Palestinian Authority police force.

According to court papers, Sheikh was among a group of both armed and unarmed Palestinian policemen who initially saw the two Israelis approach the police station in their car. After the soldiers, one of whom was in uniform, said they lost their way, two officers pointed Kalashnikov rifles at their heads and led them inside.

An angry mob armed with knives, sticks and metal pipes began gathering as the two were taken to the station commander's office. Sheikh allegedly urged the mob to wait until the soldiers were taken out of the station in a car, "and then they could kidnap the soldiers and kill them."
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Sheikh and other policemen who took part in the murder later fled the station. The commander, Khalil Hassan, told officers not to confess to their role and claim the Israelis were killed by the mob, prosecutors said.