Court to decide on razing two Jerusalem homes of terrorists

The High Court has finished hearing arguments in a case regarding the destruction of the homes of two terrorists who carried out attacks in Jerusalem in October, killing several people.

The court says it will deliver its verdict at a later date, according to Israel Radio.

The two houses under consideration belong to the families of two terrorists who hailed from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal Mukaber.

On October 13, Alaa Abu Jamal rammed his car into a bus stop on Malchei Yisrael street in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in central Jerusalem before exiting the car and bludgeoning a man to death with an ax. He was shot and killed at the scene.

According to the report, the discussion centered around which of two houses belonging to the Abu Jamal family should be destroyed.

Judge Menachem Mazuz responded that since both belong to the family, and the measure is used as a deterrent, it should not matter, according to Israel Radio.

The second man whose house is under discussion is one of two terrorists who opened fire and stabbed several people on a bus in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv, also on October 13.