Police have demolished the East Jerusalem home of a Palestinian terrorist who shot and critically wounded an officer in an attack last year.
In the shooting outside the Shalem police station in Jerusalem on October 12, Khaled al-Muhtasib opened fire with a makeshift submachine gun at two cops, before being shot dead.
This morning, some 350 officers entered the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina to demolish al-Muhtasib’s home, police say.
It marks the first time a house demolition has been carried out over an incident in which the victim of a Palestinian terror attack was not killed.
The demolition order was signed by the head of the IDF Home Front Command, Maj. Gen. Rafi Milo, as he is the relevant officer within Israeli territory, including East Jerusalem. Last month, the High Court upheld a decision to demolish the home.
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