The Israeli military partially demolished the home of a Palestinian terrorist who killed two Israelis in a terrorist attack in Samaria two months ago.
The house itself, located in the West Bank village of Shawika, north of Tulkarem, was left intact, while a part of its interior was destroyed by bulldozers.
According to Palestinian reports, dozens of rioters arrived at the scene as IDF bulldozers worked on Monday morning. The rioters tried to stop the demolition. A number of Palestinians were injured in the clashes, according to the reports.
The military said it was carrying out "operational activity."
Ashraf Walid Suleiman Naalwa, 23, shot and killed two Israelis and wounded a third at the Barkan Industrial Park in Samaria in October. IDF troops killed Naalwa during an arrest raid last week after a two-month pursuit.
The extensive manhunt for Naalwa involved military, police and Shin Bet security agents, who were eventually able to track him down to a hideout in Askar, a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the expedited demolition of terrorist homes following a spate of terrorist attacks against Israelis in the West Bank last week.
Shahar Levengrond, whose sister Kim Levengrond Yehezkel was murdered by Naalwa, spoke out against the partial demolition.
"I'm watching the demolition of the house of the terrorist who took my sister from us, and it's just a joke. Destroying a wall with a hammer, it doesn't make sense to us. I find it funny," she said.
"We didn't lose an arm. My sister didn't lose a leg or an arm. They took my sister from us. There is a direct link between the [terrorist's] brother, the father and the mother. The whole house needs to be brought down. Just as our home was destroyed, my sister also doesn't live with me and my parents. But there is a direct connection to our pain and the destruction of our home that was taken from us. It just doesn't make sense."
Tal Hajbi, whose brother Ziv was also killed in the terrorist attack, told Israel Hayom, "To destroy a single floor and not the entire house is unthinkable, it's like doing half a job. The [terrorist's] entire family had a hand in it and knew of his intentions, and therefore they can't say there is no link. We need to create deterrence and that will only be achieved if they destroy everything and also deport them. We need to take things away from them so that they are scared to go out and attack."
