The IDF sealed the home of Farouk Ramadan, the Palestinian terrorist who carried out the deadly shooting attack near the West Bank village of Tell on Friday, killing Maj. Yuval Ezra and Master Sgt. (res.) Benayahu Mellet, according to Army Radio (N13) reporters. The sealing is a preparatory step toward eventual demolition.
The IDF sealed the home of Farouk Ramadan overnight, the Palestinian terrorist who carried out the deadly shooting attack near the West Bank village of Tell on Friday. The sealing is a preparatory step before demolition, which requires military approval. Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth signed a temporary seizure order, authorizing the sealing, the military said.
By early Sunday morning, the IDF and Shin Bet had mapped the homes of both terrorists involved in the attack — Ramadan, the shooter who was killed at the scene, and the accomplice who stole a soldier's weapon and was arrested by Duvdevan forces in Nablus. The mapping was initially reported by an Israeli security source, then confirmed by the IDF and Shin Bet. The names of the fallen soldiers — Maj. Yuval Ezra, 27, and Master Sgt. (res.) Benayahu Mellet, 32 — were released by the military at 06:06 Jerusalem. The sealing was first reported by Channel 14's Noam Amir, citing a directive from the political echelon, and later confirmed by the IDF and Army Radio reporters.
The attack, which took place on Friday near the village of Tell in Samaria, claimed the lives of two soldiers. The IDF policy of sealing and demolishing the homes of attackers is a longstanding practice aimed at deterrence, as The Zioneer has reported.
The demolition itself has not yet been carried out; the sealing is a preliminary step. The timeline for demolition remains pending further military authorization.
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