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Sunday, September 14, 2025
IDF demolishes West Bank home of terrorist who killed Tzeela Gez
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF troops demolished the home of a Palestinian terrorist who carried out a deadly shooting attack in the West Bank in May, during which a pregnant woman was killed. Doctors were forced to perform an emergency C-section to deliver her son, who died two weeks later.
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.
The terrorist, Naael Samarah, a member of Hamas, was shot and killed by IDF troops in the area four days later.
The military says troops operated in the West Bank town of Bruqin earlier today to raze Samarah’s home.
As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks.
כוחות צה״ל מחטיבת אפרים הרסו את בית המחבל נאאל סמארה שביצע את פיגוע הירי סמוך לברוכין
מוקדם יותר היום, כוחות צה״ל מחטיבת אפרים פעלו בכפר ׳ברוקין׳ להריסת ביתו של המחבל נאאל סמארה שחוסל לאחר היתקלות עם כוחותינו בעת מעצרו.
המחבל, יחד עם מחבלים נוספים, ביצע את פיגוע הירי ב-14 במאי… pic.twitter.com/axSZEr5V2J
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