The army says it is planning on razing the West Bank homes of two Palestinians who carried out a shooting attack earlier this year that killed a pregnant woman on her way to a hospital to give birth.
The IDF said it would destroy the homes of Naael and Maher Samarah.
Naael Samarah, a member of Hamas, was shot and killed by the IDF in the days after the attack, while Maher Samarah was one of three other accomplices arrested and charged.
In the attack on May 14, near the Palestinian village of Bruqin and the settlement of Bruchin, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire from the side of a road on Israeli motorists, killing Tzeela Gez, 30, and wounding her husband.
Gez had been heading to a hospital to give birth. Her baby, named Ravid Haim, was delivered by emergency C-section at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, but died 15 days later.
As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks, saying the measure is intended as a deterrent.
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