Israel has razed a pair of homes belonging to the families of two
Palestinians who attacked Israelis last year, according to witnesses and
media reports. Israeli authorities demolished the home of Ghassan Abu
Jamal during the early hours of Tuesday. Another home, belonging to
Muhammad Jaabis, was also flattened. Both were located in occupied East
Jerusalem.
Aljazeera has more:
Along with his cousin Uday, Abu Jamal killed four rabbis
and a policeman during an attack on a synagogue in West Jerusalem in
November before being shot dead by police on the scene.
Jaabis was also fatally shot by police after he drove a bulldozer
into a bus on August 4, leaving one Israeli dead and wounding several
others. Israeli forces cordoned off a room in a third house, belonging
to Muataz Hijazi, a Palestinian who shot and critically wounded Israeli
activist Yehuda Glick in October 2014.
Hijazi, 32, was killed by police on the roof of his home as officers
raided it just hours after the shooting. The demolitions come on the
back of Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that Israel will implement
harsh security measures in order to quell growing unrest in the occupied
West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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