Israel Seals Off Home of Ramot Terrorist Ahead of Demolition

Israeli security forces sealed off the home of Hossein Karake’s family on Motzoei Shabbos ahead of a possible demolition.

Karake plowed his car into a crowd of Israelis at a bus stop in Ramot on Friday afternoon, killing three Jews, Hy”d, including two brothers ages six and eight. Karake was shot and killed by responding police officers.

Karake’s family lives in the eastern Yerushalayim neighborhood of A-Tur.

In sealing off the home, police emptied the home of its contents and welded the doors and windows shut. Members of his family were arrested and are being questioned by authorities.

Israel seals off and demolishes the homes of terrorists and their families to deter future attacks. However, Karake lived in a rented apartment that could not be legally razed.

Over the weekend, it emerged that Karake, a 31-year-old Israeli national who lived in eastern Yerushalayim, had been released from a psychiatric center the week of the attack. His social media account included posts praising the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, members of the Lions Den terror group killed in shootouts with Israeli security forces, and glorifying their attacks on Israelis.