IDF demolition of terrorists’ houses, August 9, 2017.. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
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The IDF overnight demolished the house of the terrorist who carried out a shooting attack near Ariel, killing a solider and a father of 12, according to reports by Palestinian sources.
IDF forces entered the Al-Zawiya neighborhood near Bethlehem, where Omar Abu Lila’s home is located, and were met with clashes. However, by 2:30 a.m., the sources said, the home demolition was complete.
Photos taken by social networks showed an IDF bulldozer moving through the village. Central Command Commander Major General Nadav Padan signed an order to demolish Lila’s home.
إحدى جرافات الاحتلال خلال اقتحامها بلدة الزاوية غرب سلفيت. pic.twitter.com/y37By3TaUB
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) April 23, 2019
In March, Abu Lila, 19, was killed during his is attempted arrest by the IDF in an exchange of fire.
Days before, Abu Lila had stolen a vehicle and drove to the nearby Gitai Avishar junction, where he started shooting.
One civilian, Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger, 47, and the father of 12, was severely injured when trying to stop Abu Lila. He succumbed to his wounds the next day.
Just before Ettinger was shot, he was able to recognize that he was in the middle of an attack, drew his gun and shot at the terrorist a number of times, his son-in-law Ze’ev Goldstein said.
Gal Keidan, 19, a soldier guarding the Ariel junction, was killed at the scene.
Another soldier, identified as Alexander Dvorsky, a young immigrant from Moldova, was also injured but later stabilized.
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