The Ministry of Health reported that 29-year-old Mohammad Musa Saba’na was shot by soldiers during the raid.

A large contingent of soldiers accompanied by a bulldozer raided the town and closed off all entrances, the Wafa news agency reported.

The soldiers surrounded a building and evicted its residents before proceeding to tear through the apartment of Raad Hazem, who killed three Israelis and wounded others in Tel Aviv last April, the source said.

Israeli authorities defend the demolition policy, saying they are a key deterrent to stopping other would-be attackers.

However, Palestinians and human rights groups condemn this strategy, calling it collective punishment, because it affects many people who had no part in these incidents.

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