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Published 04 Mar, 2024 02:09pm

Israel demolishes West Bank home of Palestinian accused of attack

Israeli troops blew up the home of a Palestinian accused of killing a British-Israeli woman and her two daughters in the occupied West Bank last year, AFP reports.

The apartment of Moaz al-Masry, who was killed by Israeli forces following the April 7 attack, was demolished in the early hours, Palestinian witnesses told AFP.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said their medics treated about 15 people after Israeli forces fired tear gas during the raid on the West Bank city of Nablus.

Masry, along with two other attackers, was accused of shooting dead Israeli settler Leah Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina as they were driving near Hamra in the Jordan Valley.

Following a manhunt, the assailants were killed in a military raid on Nablus in May.

Troops overnight into Monday stormed the Al-Makhfiya neighbourhood in Nablus and surrounded Masry’s house, a witness told AFP. The Red Crescent told AFP they had evacuated multiple residents, including children, from the building housing Masry’s apartment.

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