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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
IDF demolishes West Bank homes of 2 Palestinians accused of committing deadly shooting
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Overnight, the IDF demolished the homes of Aysar Barghouti and Khaled al-Kharouf, Palestinians accused of carrying out a deadly shooting attack in the West Bank in January, killing two people.
The home of a third Palestinian detained over the attack, Murad Dahadhah, was demolished last month.
The Palestinian Authority’s official mouthpiece WAFA claims Israeli troops shot a man dead during the demolition operation. Contacted by AFP, the IDF says it is looking into the report.
In the attack on January 7 on Route 465, near the West Bank settlement of Ateret, the terrorists 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.
The three were arrested a day after the attack.
Palestinian media report that troops demolished the homes of Barghouti and al-Kharouf in the Ramallah area overnight.
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.
AFP contributed to this report.
