IDF to raze homes of four terrorists who murdered Israelis

The home demolitions are part of Israel’s counter-terrorism policy aimed at deterring future attacks.

By JNS

The Israel Defense Forces will demolish the homes of four terrorists this week who carried out attacks that killed Israelis over the last year, the army said on Monday.

IDF Central Command issued demolition notices for the homes of Mohammad Nazal and Mohammad Zakarneh, both residents of Qabatiya, near Jenin in northern Samaria.

On Jan. 6, they carried out a shooting attack at two nearby locations along Route 55 near the village of Al-Funduq, near Qalqilya in western Samaria.

In that attack, Rachel Cohen, 73, and Aliza Reiss, 70, both from Kedumim, were killed, along with police officer Master Sgt. Elad Winkelstein, 35, from Kibbutz Ein Hanetziv.

A third notice was issued for the home of Mohammad Daraghmeh in Tubas, northeastern Samara.

On Feb. 4, 2025, during an encounter at the Tayasir checkpoint, Daraghmeh killed two IDF reservists—Sgt. Maj (res.) Ofer Yung, 39, and Sgt. Maj. (res.) Avraham Zvi Tzvika Friedman, 43, and wounded eight additional soldiers, two of them seriously.

The fourth demolition order pertains to the home of Wael Lahlouh, also from Qabatiya, who, along with other assailants, carried out a shooting attack at the Mehola Junction on Aug. 11, 2024.

That attack claimed the life of 23-year-old Yonatan Deutsch from Beit She’an and left another civilian wounded.

The home demolitions are part of Israel’s counter-terrorism policy aimed at deterring future attacks.