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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
IDF moves to raze homes of Palestinian terrorists in separate attacks that killed 5
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it has notified the families of two Palestinian terrorists behind recent deadly attacks that their homes are slated for demolition.
The home of Muhannad Faleh Shehadeh — a Hamas gunman who carried out a shooting attack near the West Bank settlement of Eli in June with another terrorist, killing four Israelis — in the town of Urif is to be razed, the IDF says.
The IDF says it has also notified the family of Hassan Qatnani — a Hamas gunman who carried out a deadly shooting attack on the Dee family in the Jordan Valley in April, with another terrorist — that their home in the Askar refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus is slated for demolition.
The home of Khaled Mustafa Sabah, the second terrorist behind the Eli terror attack, has been slated for demolition since August 11.
The military says it is still examining the possibility of demolishing the home of Moaz al-Masri, the second terrorist behind the Jordan Valley attack.
As a matter of policy, Israel regularly demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks.
The families of the terrorists can still appeal the decision to raze the homes to Israel’s High Court of Justice. But such attempts rarely succeed, though in some cases the court can limit the demolition order to only the parts of the house used by the terrorist.
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