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IDF razes West Bank home of Hamas terrorist behind botched 2024 Tel Aviv bombing
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Overnight, the IDF demolished the home of a Hamas suicide bomber who carried out a botched attack in Tel Aviv last August.
Jaafar Mona, from the West Bank city of Nablus, was killed by the explosive device he was carrying outside a synagogue in Tel Aviv on August 18, 2024, before he managed to carry out the intended attack. One passerby was also wounded by the blast.
Hamas took responsibility for the attack.
IDF troops, including combat engineers of the Yahalom unit, operated in Nablus overnight and demolished Mona’s home, the military says.
As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks.
The demolition of Mona’s home is unusual, as no victims of the attack were killed. Still, it would not be the first time that a home is razed by Israeli authorities for an attack that left only injured victims.
The IDF says the decision to demolish the home was approved by legal officials, and comes part of a policy that the homes of terrorists who carried out “unusual” attacks are razed.
The Times of Israel Community.