As punitive measure, ‘Israel’ to demolish houses of Palestinians suspected in carrying out last week’s shooting attack
Jenin (QNN)- Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday night informed four Palestinian families of their decision to demolish their houses in Silat al-Harithiya town in Jenin, as a punitive measure as their sons are accused of carrying out last week’s alleged shooting attack.
Local sources said the Israeli occupation forces last night raided the town of Silat al-Harithiya and took the measures of the house of Ahmed Muhammad Yassin Jaradat, the father of brothers Ghaith and Omar.
The forces also measured the houses of another three families, the siblings’ uncle, as they are also accused of helping the two brothers.
The residents of the houses have been evacuating the furniture; the demolition operation will make over 30 people homeless.
1/2 Watch | The family of #Palestinian freedom fighters Omar and Ghaith Jaradat evacuate the furniture of their house in the occupied West Bank town of Silat al-Harithiya after the Israeli military informed them of its intention to demolish the house in an act of retaliation. pic.twitter.com/QWUIDYfSb3
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 20, 2021
Israeli forces earlier on Sunday arrested six Palestinians suspected in carrying out the alleged shooting attack that took place on Thursday, near the illegal settlement of Homesh, north of Nablus, leaving an Israeli settler killed.
Israeli media reported that the two Palestinians suspects accused of carrying out the alleged shooting are brothers Omar and Ghaith Jaradat, aged 20 and 17 years old.
The occupation forces arrested them after raiding their home in Silat al-Harithiya town in Jenin and turning it upside-down.
The Shin Bet security service claimed that the suspects belongs to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
The four others arrested by the forces have been identified as: Muhammad Youssef Jaradat, Ibrahim Musa Tahaineh, Mahmoud Ghaleb Jaradat, and Taher Abu Salah.
