Israel demolishes homes of Palestinians blamed for attack on soldiers

Published On 30 Oct 202630 Oct 2026Israeli forces have blown up the homes of two Palestinians who killed two Israeli soldiers in Hebron last week. The demolitions came on the eighth day of a military offensive and siege on the southern city in the occupied West Bank.Troops demolished the homes of brothers Ahmad and Hammouda al-Jaabeh on Friday, after surrounding the buildings since the morning and sealing off the area. The brothers were killed after carrying out an attack on October 23 near the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint, at the western entrance to Hebron, killing two Israeli soldiers and wounding three others.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel bans travel for Brad Lander after detention in occupied West Banklist 2 of 3How Israel choked off Hebron at 10 entrances, as 5,000 forced to fleelist 3 of 3Britain must sanction Israel, not just its settlersend of listReporting from Hebron, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed al-Atrash said army engineers spent at least nine hours inside the homes rigging explosives before detonating them.When residents tried to approach the site afterwards, large numbers of troops backed by drones moved in and detained at least 12 Palestinians, he said. “...