IDF demolishes 15 homes in Rafah in response to shooting

[USAcommitteeX]

IDF troops demolished 15 structures in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip Thursday morning, which the military said were used for cover by Palestinian gunmen.

Military sources said that the structures were used by Palestinians to fire rifles, anti-tank missiles and grenades at Israeli positions.

Two soldiers were lightly injured when two bombs were detonated near a group of troops during the operation.

IDF forces blew up two houses early Thursday a three-story building in Ramallah, belonging to Mohammed Musleh, a Palestinian prisoner held in Israel and a home in the nearby suburb of Beitunia. Both blasts could be heard at the compound, where tension was high but no unusual activity was seen.

In Hebron early Thursday, troops demolished the home of Abdullah Kawasme, formerly the head of the Hamas military wing in the West Bank city, who was killed by the army several months ago.

In the northern West Bank late Wednesday, soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian who was trying to damage a security fence between the West Bank and Israel, the military said.