Israel demolishes structures erected at illegal outpost Homesh after terror attack

Israeli forces are razing structures set up on the illegal Homesh outpost in the aftermath of a deadly terror attack nearby, Israeli officials say.

The Homesh settlement was officially abandoned in 2005 under then-premier Ariel Sharon’s so-called disengagement plan. Shortly after, however, settlers established an illegal yeshiva on the site in the northern West Bank.

On Thursday night, Palestinian terrorists opened fire at a car full of students near the Homesh yeshiva, killing one of them, Yehuda Dimentman, and wounding two more.

Following the attack, settlers went up to the outpost and constructed a number of other structures as a form of protest.

This morning, the IDF declared the site a closed military site and representatives from the Defense Ministry’s Civil Authority, guarded by Israel Police officers, went up to the site and demolished the newly constructed plywood buildings, a spokesperson for Israel’s military liaison to the Palestinians confirms.

Video footage from Homesh shows bulldozers demolishing some of the structures.