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IDF issues demolition order for Hebron home of terrorist behind deadly 2024 Jaffa attack

By Stav Levaton 2 July 2025, 4:07 pm Edit

Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel

The IDF issues a demolition order for the Hebron apartment of Ahmad Himouni, one of the perpetrators of a deadly terror attack in Jaffa on October 1, 2024.

According to the military, Himouni and Mohammed Mesek carried out the attack, which killed seven Israeli and foreign civilians and wounded 15 others. Municipal security officers and armed civilians at the scene shot the attackers, killing Mesek and seriously injuring Himouni.

The demolition order, signed by Central Command head Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, was delivered to the property earlier today.

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