IDF locks down homes of terrorists behind lethal Jerusalem attack

The terrorists from the nearby Ramallah-area towns of Qatanna and Qubeiba, respectively, murdered six Israeli civilians and wounded several more.

By JNS

The Israel Defense Forces sealed on Friday the homes of the Palestinian terrorists who carried out the deadly attack at the Ramot Junction in northern Jerusalem on Monday morning.

Troops from the Binyamin Brigade operated to confiscate and seal the homes of terrorists Mohammad Taha, 21, and Muthanna Amro, 20, the IDF said.

“Security forces are simultaneously working to advance the process of demolishing the homes,” the army added.

The terrorists from the nearby Ramallah-area towns of Qatanna and Qubeiba, respectively, murdered six Israeli civilians and wounded several more.

The gunmen were killed on site by an off-duty soldier and an armed civilian. The soldier was identified as a squad commander in the IDF’s ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade.

Launching “Operation Shield of Jerusalem,” the IDF led by the Binyamin Brigade operated in the past few days in Qatanna and Qubeiba, apprehending more than 20 terrorism suspects, the military said on Friday.

The forces encircled several villages, searched more than 700 locations and seized 38 Airsoft weapons, firearm parts, ammunition magazines, ISIS flags and other military equipment, the IDF said.

In addition, the Civil Administration, which operates under the Israeli Defense Ministry, demolished Palestinian houses in Qubeiba and Al Mughayyir that were built illegally.

In a separate operation this week, the IDF’s Menashe Brigade led a brigade-level operation in Samaria, in the Sanur Valley, Qabatiya, the Jenin area and nearby villages.

The brigade killed several terrorists, arrested terrorist operatives and seized tens of thousands of shekels originating from terror funds, as well as various weapons, the military stated.

Five terrorists’ homes were demolished and 21 Palestinian terrorists were detained, it added.

Following the attack at the Ramot Junction, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that eliminating these terrorists “is not enough.

“That we will go after their supporters and accomplices is also not enough,” he declared during a visit to the Israeli Air Force command center in Tel Aviv on Monday evening.

“My directive is to forcefully go after the nests of terrorism,” Netanyahu said.