Bomber’s Home Leveled by Israelis
A bulldozer rolled into this West Bank village Monday and demolished the home of a Palestinian who killed himself and three Israeli women in a bombing last month at a Tel Aviv cafe.
The demolition came at a time of daily rioting in the West Bank over Israel’s decision to build a neighborhood for Jews in East Jerusalem, the sector the Palestinians claim as a future capital.
Residents of Zurif, located southwest of Jerusalem, watched from rooftops as the bulldozer drove through the village alleys and approached the one-story home where Moussa Ghneimat, 28, lived with his wife and four children.
Dozens of soldiers ringed the house as a large pneumatic hammer mounted on the bulldozer cut through the concrete roof and knocked down the walls, leaving the adjacent home where Ghneimat’s parents live standing. The bomber’s family moved in with his parents.
The Muslim militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the bombing, but there has been some question as to whether Ghneimat--who did not fit the usual profile of a suicide bomber--knew he was carrying the explosives.
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