IDF says it is preparing to demolish homes of 3 Palestinians who carried out deadly shooting attack

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

The IDF says it has measured the homes of three Palestinian terrorists who carried out the deadly shooting attack in the West Bank town of al-Funduq earlier this week, ahead of their potential demolition.

The homes are in the town of Qabatiya, near Jenin. Eight suspects were also detained in the town amid the operation this morning, the military says.

The three terrorists behind the attack are still at large.

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

Jerusalem defends the practice of razing the family home of attackers as a deterrent against future assaults. Over the years, a number of Israeli defense officials have questioned the efficacy of the practice, and human rights activists have denounced it as unfair collective punishment.

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