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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
IDF demolishes homes of 2 suspects in deadly West Bank shooting
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsraeli security forces demolished overnight the West Bank homes of two suspects allegedly involved in a deadly shooting near the settlement of Homesh last December, the military says.
The Israel Defense Forces says in a statement that the home of suspect Muhammad Youssef Jaradat was demolished and the floor in an apartment building in which Ghaith Ahmed Yassin Jaradat lived was also destroyed.
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The military says that rioting broke out during the demolitions, with suspects opening fire toward troops and throwing grenades. The IDF says soldiers returned fire.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
According to the Shin Bet security agency, a cell belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group was behind the deadly shooting attack in which one man, Yehuda Dimentman, was killed and two others were lightly wounded.
As a punitive policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks. Over the years, however, a number of Israeli defense officials have questioned the efficacy of the practice, and human rights activists have denounced it as unfair collective punishment.
The Times of Israel Community.