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Israel razes home of Palestinian accused of deadly 2024 bus shooting

By Emanuel Fabian 9 September 2025, 9:28 am
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, killed in a terror shooting in the West Bank on December 11, 2024 (Courtesy)
Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, killed in a terror shooting in the West Bank on December 11, 2024 (Courtesy)

Israeli troops razed the home of a Palestinian accused of taking part in a deadly terror attack that killed a child on a bus in the West Bank last year, the military says.

The shooting attack against a bus headed to Jerusalem on December 11, 2024, killed Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simha, 12, and injured three others.

According to the IDF, the attack was carried out by several gunmen, including Thabet Mohammed Masalmeh, whose home in the town of Bayt Awa was demolished overnight.

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

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