From Troops raze home of West Bank Palestinian behind deadly September attack
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Overnight, IDF soldiers entered the West Bank town of Idhna to demolish the home of Muhannad Ala’sawdeh, a Palestinian who killed three police officers in a September shooting attack, the army says.
On September 1, Ala’sawdeh opened fire at a police car on Route 35 near the Idhna-Tarqumiyah junction, just east of a checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel, before fleeing the scene. He was later killed in an exchange of fire with troops in Hebron.
Ch. Insp. Arik Ben Eliyahu, Command Sgt. Maj. Hadas Branch, and First Sgt. Roni Shakuri were killed in the attack.
As a matter of policy, Israel demolishes the homes of Palestinians accused of carrying out deadly terror attacks.
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