Israel bombs house of Moataz Al-Khawaja

Published May 23rd, 2023 - 05:38 GMT
Israeli forces
Israeli security forces search for suspects following a shooting attack in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in annexed east Jerusalem, on April 18, 2023. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Israeli forces bombed the house of the late Palestinian Moataz Al-Khawaja in the town of Ni'lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Israel forces carried out a raid using military vehicles and a bulldozer in the early morning of Tuesday and destroyed the house of Al-Khawaja and clashed with Palestinians in the town.

Palestinian journalist Mustafa Khawaja told Alaraby news that Israeli forces surrounded the house and evacuated the building where the Khawaja family lives on the first floor, and his uncles on the second and third floors at gunpoint.

He maintained: Israeli occupation forces then "blew up the first floor, which belongs to Sheikh Salah, the father of the Moataz."

Media outlets said that four Palestinians were injured in the clashes. Video showing the moment of the explosion of Moataz Al-Khawaja's house was shared with smoke seen rising in the sky.

Moataz Al-Khawaja carried out an operation in Tel Aviv on March 9 killing one Israeli and injuring four others.

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