Rabbi Eitam and Naama Henkin. Photo: Israel Foreign Ministry.

JNS.org – Israeli troops on Wednesday night demolished the Nablus home of the head of the Palestinian terrorist cell behind the Oct. 1 shooting attack that killed Eitam and Naama Henkin.

The demolition of Rajab Ahmed Mohammed Aliwa’s home in the Dahiya neighborhood of Nablus was carried out in accordance with orders issued by the political echelon, the Israel Defense Forces said.

Aliwa orchestrated the brutal murder of the Henkin couple, who were shot dead in front of their children while traveling on a road between Elon Moreh and Itamar in Samaria. Aliwa recruited the cell’s members, instructed them to carry out terrorist attacks, and provided them with weapons, the IDF said.