Israel's High Court demolition halts of West Bank terrorists home

Israel's High Court of Justice on Thursday halted to the plan of demolition of a Palestinian terrorist who killed two Israelis in the West Bank last month.

Ashraf Waleed Suliman Na'alwa, 23, has been on the run for a month, after storming the offices of the Barkan factory where he was employed on October 7 and fatally shooting two Israeli colleagues.

Israeli forces on Tuesday handed over Na'alwa's family a demolition order for the parts of a home in Shuweika he inhabited. The upper floors, where the fugitive terrorist did not live, were not scheduled to be demolished.

The order of the high court comes a day after a large contingency of Israeli forces encircled the home Na'alwa, apparently ahead of its demolition.

Israel implements a policy of deterrence in which the homes of Palestinian terrorists who carry out attacks are demolished, often overnight. Human rights groups say the measure amounts to collective punishment, with the suspects 'families forced to suffer for others' acts.

Amid a month-long manhunt for Na'alwa, Israeli forces erected posters throughout his hometown of Tulkarem warning residents that he would incur penalties including "extended detention, home demolition and the cancellation of [work] permits for themselves and their families. "

Na'alwa – who held a valid work permit for the Barkan industrial zone – arrived at the offices of the Alon Group factory armed with an illegally manufactured Carlo-style submachine gun where he tied up and dead shot 28-year-old Kim Levengrond Yehezkel before also killing 35-year-old Ziv Hajbi.

The army has been able to investigate the situation in the past and has had a bound on Levengrond Yehezkel with the intention of taking hostage.

Officials reportedly believe that Na'alwa, who left suicide before carrying out the attack, was prepared to commit He is considered armed and dangerous.