IDF prepares to demolish homes of terrorists who killed two Israeli soldiers in Hebron attack

Jerusalem Post/Israel News/Defense NewsOn Sunday, the Mount Hebron Regional Council announced it was establishing eight new outposts in the Hebron Hills in response to the terror attack.Follow us on GoogleIsraeli security forces near the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, October 23, 2026. Five people were wounded in the attack, two of them seriously, and two Palestinian terrorists were killed by Israeli forces.(photo credit: WISAM HASHLAMOUN/FLASH90)OCTOBER 30, 2026 06:39Updated: OCTOBER 30, 2026 06:52IDF soldiers evacuated residents from a neighborhood in Hebron on Friday as part of preparations to demolish the homes of the terrorists who carried out last week's attack in the city at Yehuda Junction.Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman, aged 23, from Ashkelon, and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, aged 20, from Hod Hasharon, were killed in the attack.According to the IDF, Roytman was a squad commander, and Svilem was a combat soldier in the Ari Battalion (775), Search and Rescue Brigade.IDF sources said that the terrorists originally intended to carry out a larger attack on the heavily traveled Route 35, before realizing they would not get through the military checkpoint, deciding instead to attack the soldiers stationed there.Israeli soldiers take part in a military operation in the West Bank city of Hebron following a shooting attack in the area earlier in the day, October 23, 2026. (credit: WISAM HASHLAMOUN/FLASH90)New settlement outposts opening in Hebron Hills in response to attackOn Sunday, the Mount Hebron Regional Council announced it was establishing eight new outposts in the Hebron Hills in response to the terror attack.The council, which noted that it was fundraising to purchase security for the new outposts, said that it was establishing them “out of the deep grief and pain over the terrible attack at Yehuda Junction in which soldiers Ron Yonatan and Yuval Shai were murdered."Ariella Roitman and Danielle Greyman-Kennard contributed to this report.Follow us on Google