JERUSALEM, Aug 9 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli forces, yesterday, demolished the home of a Palestinian gunman, who killed two Israeli brothers in the occupied West Bank in Feb.
Abd el-Fatah Kharousha, 49, carried out a drive-by shooting attack near the Palestinian town of Hawara on Feb 26, killing Hallel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, from the Israeli settlement of Har Bracha.
Early yesterday, the military released a video showing troops carrying out a controlled explosion of the suspected gunman’s apartment, located on the top floor of a three-story building, in the densely populated refugee camp of Askar, east of Nablus city.
The military reported that clashes erupted during the operation, with local Palestinians throwing stones and explosives at the troops.
Israeli soldiers fired live bullets and rubber-coated bullets, wounding at least six Palestinians. Another 185 people were treated by the Red Crescent for suffocation from the gas.
Kharousha was killed by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli operation in the Jenin refugee camp on Mar 7. His six family members were living in the apartment.
Israel seized the West Bank, along with East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, in the 1967 Middle East war and has maintained control over these territories, despite international criticism. The Palestinians wish to establish their future state on these territories.
