IDF demolishes home of Palestinian terrorist behind deadly July attack

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF troops demolish the home of a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank village of Bazariya, December 24, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF troops demolish the home of a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank village of Bazariya, December 24, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says troops demolished the home of a Palestinian terrorist who carried out a deadly stabbing and shooting attack in the West Bank in July.

In the attack on July 10, Mahmoud Abed and Malik Salem fatally stabbed a security guard, Shalev Zvuluny, 22, outside a supermarket at the Gush Etzion Junction. The assailants then snatched the guard’s handgun and exchanged fire with a soldier and an armed civilian before being killed.

The army says it operated in the West Bank village of Bazariya this morning and demolished Salem’s home.

As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks.

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