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IDF said to raid West Bank town of terrorist who carried out Adam stabbing
2018-07-28
[IsraelTimes] Kobar resident, 17-year-old Mohammed Yusef stabbed to death 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia and maimed two others, before he was rubbed out.

IDF soldiers early Saturday reportedly raided the West Bank village of Kobar, home of the 17-year-old terrorist who carried out a deadly stabbing attack in a Israeli settlement.

Paleostinian media said troops had gone into the village before dawn for a second time in a row, but gave no details on the soldiers activities. The IDF had no immediate comment.

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On Friday the army said it had raided the village, questioned a number of his family members and suspended their work permits.

During the raid on Friday morning, festivities broke out between young Paleostinians and soldiers firing tear gas.

"The rioters hurled large rocks and Molotov cocktails and rolled burning tires at (Israeli) troops, who responded with riot dispersal means," an army statement said.

The festivities were over by mid-morning Friday, an AFP photographer said, though the army had established a checkpoint at the edge of the village.

Later in the day, in a rare move, the mayor of Kobar condemned the acts of 17-year-old resident Mohammed Yusef. On Thursday evening Yusef stabbed three residents of the Adam settlement, killing 31-year-old Yotam Ovadia and wounding two others, before he was rubbed out.

Ezzat Badwan, the mayor of Kobar near Ramallah, where Yusef lived with his family, said: "I believe that these operations are not correct nor humane. I will never support killing civilians. It is unacceptable and against international, religious and human customs."

He also urged the IDF not to demolish Yusef’s home, as is common practice by Israel in response to attacks.

"His parents and siblings had nothing to do with what he did. They do not deserve to pay the price for the actions of one of their family members," he said. He added that the family was relatively poor and would likely struggle to find funds to rebuild its home if it is demolished.

Early Friday morning the IDF took measurements of the Yusef family’s home, a military spokeswoman said.

The army generally carries out measurements of homes in advance of demolishing them, she said, without clarifying if a decision had been made to knock down the family’s residence.

Local groups or factions sometimes collect funds to assist Paleostinian families whose homes were demolished, to help them rebuild.

According to Jeff Halper, the head of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, however, this is a rare occurrence, and most families are left to fend for themselves.

Badwan added that he was surprised to learn that Yusef had carried out the stabbing attack.

"I would often see him walking around Kobar," he said. "I would say hello to him and he would be too shy to respond. It is hard to understand how someone so shy would do what he did."

Kobar was also the hometown of Omar al-Abed, the terrorist who in July 2017 murdered three Israelis during a home invasion and stabbing attack in the settlement of Halamish. Abed was shot during the attack and placed in durance vile
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. His family’s home was razed in the aftermath.

Israeli authorities are looking into a possible connection between the two terrorists.
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