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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
IDF demolishes West Bank home of terrorist who killed 2 in January shooting attack
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Overnight, the IDF demolished the home of Murad Dahadhah, a Palestinian terrorist who carried out a deadly shooting attack in the West Bank in January, killing two people.
In the attack on January 7 on Route 465, near the West Bank settlement of Ateret, Dahadhah shot dead Amar Mansour, 33, a resident of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, and Lara Tannous, 42, a Palestinian woman from Ramallah who worked as a pharmacist at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center.
Dahadhah was arrested alongside two other alleged accomplices a day after the attack. The IDF says it has sent demolition orders to the families of the other suspects accused of participating in the attack as well.
The IDF says troops operated in the West Bank village of Atara overnight to demolish Dahadhah’s home.
Despite the victims being Palestinians, Israeli security authorities say the shooting was carried out with nationalist motives, meaning it is considered a terror attack.
As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks.
