8 Jul 2021
The U.S. on Wednesday condemned the Israeli military’s decision to demolish the home of a Palestinian-American terrorist, saying the act, which Israel says has proved to be a deterrent against future attacks, was a form of collective punishment.
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday night demolished the home of Muntassir Shalabi, the terrorist with American citizenship who opened fire at a group of Israelis last month, killing a teenager and seriously wounding two others.
Hundreds of Palestinians came out to protest the demolition of Shalabi’s large family home in the affluent Arab town of Turmus Aya, near Ramallah. Protesters hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails and other explosive devices at IDF forces.
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Illustrative: An IDF soldier from the Artillery Corps launches an Elbit Skylark drone, known in the IDF as a Sky Rider, on January 21, 2013. (Cpl. Zev Marmorstein/Israel Defense Forces)
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday confirmed accidentally downing one of its own drones in the recent fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The military said the small reconnaissance drone, known as a Skylark, was hit with an interceptor from the Iron Dome missile defense system.
The incident is being investigated, the IDF added, without giving further details.
According to the Haaretz daily, which first reported the drone’s downing, the incident was causing concern in the Israeli Air Force, noting its need for the country’s air defense to be able to identify enemy aircraft and down them.