IDF razes home of Palestinian gunman who killed boy in bus attack

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Israeli security forces and paramedics are seen following a deadly terror shooting attack targeting a bus in the West Bank, early December 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean); inset: Yehoshua Aharon, 10, who was critically hurt in the attack and died following it (Courtesy)
Israeli security forces and paramedics are seen following a deadly terror shooting attack targeting a bus in the West Bank, early December 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean); inset: Yehoshua Aharon, 10, who was critically hurt in the attack and died following it (Courtesy)

IDF troops demolished the home of a Palestinian terrorist who killed an Israeli boy in a shooting attack in the West Bank last year, the military says.

On December 11, 2024, Ezz Aldin Malluh from the town of Bayt Awa near Hebron opened fire on a bus traveling from the Beitar Ilit settlement to Jerusalem, as it passed a junction by the West Bank town of al-Khader.

Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, 12, was killed, and several others were wounded in the attack. Malluh turned himself in to Israeli security forces the following day.

The IDF says it operated in Bayt Awa overnight and demolished Malluh’s home.

As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks.

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