Israel to demolish homes of Al-Aqsa resistance fighter

The Israeli High court has today approved orders to raze the family homes of the perpetrators of a shooting attack at Al-Aqsa Mosque last month, according to the Jerusalem Post.

The judges unanimously rejected the petition of the Palestinian families to stop the demolition of their homes in Umm Al-Fahm, despite the three youths who committed the attack having been killed in the shootout.

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The families condemned the decision, stating that the court was oppressing innocent people.

Israel has long implemented a policy of collective punishment against Palestinians, where such demolitions are intended as a deterrent to future attacks. In May the Palestinian Authority’s Wall and Settlement Resistance Committee estimated that Israeli occupying forces have destroyed over 270 Palestinian properties since the start of 2017.