In a rare move, the IDF is planning to demolish the home of a Palestinian gunman who killed an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint near Jerusalem last year, after the home was rebuilt following its first demolition earlier this year.
Overnight, IDF troops operated in the West Bank city of Hebron to measure the home of Abdelqader Qawasmeh ahead of its demolition.
Qawasmeh was one of three members of the Hamas terror group who attacked the “tunnels” checkpoint on the West Bank’s Route 60, south of Jerusalem in November 2023, killing Cpl. Avraham Fetena, a Military Police soldier.
The IDF says the home was mapped out “ahead of the demolition of the house after it was rebuilt after its previous demolition.”
As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks. Rarely does Israel re-demolish homes that are rebuilt.
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