Palestinian Terrorist Killed In Firefight With IDF Soldiers Demolishing Home Of Yehuda Dimentman’s Murderer

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Palestinian sources claimed Sunday night that a 17-year-old Palestinian youth had been killed during a shootout with Israeli soldiers. The incident occurred in the north Samaria village of Silat al-Harithiya during the demolition of the home of a member of the terror cell which murdered Yehuda Dimentman HyD last December. Dimentman was murdered near the Chomesh yeshiva where he studied by a 4-man terror cell including Mahmoud Jaradat, the owner of the home demolished.

Mohammad Akram Ali Taher Abu Salah, 17, died after being shot in the head by live Israeli fire, according to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry. IDF sources reported that troops had come under fire and that “soldiers fired at several armed [Palestinians] who they identified at the scene.” Four other Palestinians were wounded in the incident, according to a report by the Red Crescent.

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During the course of the demolition, soldiers were pelted with rocks and Molotov cocktails. Palestinian sources say that the Islamic Jihad was responsible for the shooting on IDF soldiers.

“The Jenin Battalion executed several shooting attacks tonight targeting the occupation army and causing injuries among its ranks,” the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said in a press statement Monday.

The IDF did not report any casualties by gunfire but said that one soldier was moderately injured when a wall in the house collapsed.

The policy of demolishing terrorist’s homes has proven an effective deterrent against terror, and Israel is also trying to prevent funds from reaching the families of terrorists by targeting the banks paying out such funds. Currently the Palestinian Authority still transfers  significant sums to families of terrorists jailed in Israel despite international opposition to the policy.

Tensions have been rising in the region over the past few months. December and January saw repeated “lone wolf” attacks, with Palestinians seeking to stab or run over Israelis. The army also reported several incidents in which bursts of gunfire struck military posts, without any casualties.

Last Tuesday, Israeli undercover police killed three Palestinian terrorists during a daytime raid in the West Bank city of Nablus. The Israeli troops fired dozens of rounds into the car before seizing two M-16 rifles from the vehicle and driving away from the scene. The three, had been responsible for a number of recent shooting attacks on Israeli security forces They were later identified as members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a loose coalition of armed groups affiliated with the ruling Fatah party.