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A neighbour reacts after Israeli soldiers demolished a house at the Asker camp for Palestinian refugees east of Nablus city in the West Bank, August 8, 2023. /CFP
Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished the home of a Palestinian gunman accused of killing two Israeli brothers in the occupied West Bank in February.
Abd el-Fatah Kharousha, 49, is said to have carried out a drive-by shooting attack near the Palestinian town of Hawara on February 26, killing Hallel Yaniv, 21, and Yagel Yaniv, 19, from the Israeli settlement of Har Bracha.
Early on Tuesday, the Israeli military released a video showing troops carrying out a controlled explosion of the suspected gunman's apartment located on the top floor of a three-story building in the densely populated refugee camp of Askar, east of Nablus city.
The military reported that clashes erupted during the operation, with local Palestinians throwing stones and explosives at the troops.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that Israeli soldiers fired live and rubber-coated bullets, wounding at least six people. Another 185 people were treated by the Red Crescent for suffocation from gas.
Kharousha was killed by Israeli soldiers during an Israeli operation in the Jenin refugee camp on March 7. Six of his family members were living in the apartment.
The incursion comes at a time when tensions between Palestine and Israel escalate. Earlier this week, Israeli troops killed three alleged Palestinian militants after a Palestinian gunman killed an Israeli security guard in central Tel Aviv.
(With input from agencies)
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