ByDARCIE GRUNBLATT

The IDF is scheduled to demolish the home of Ayman Naja Janem, the terrorist who killed Yonatan Deutsch in a shooting attack in August 2024, the military said Sunday.

Deutsch was 23 at the time of the shooting.

Janem's home is located in Aqaba, in the northern West Bank.

Deutsch, from Beit She'an, was killed at the Mehola Junction in the Jordan Valley. Another man, Anas Jaramana, 32, from Muqeibe, was moderately wounded in the attack.

At least three terrorists were responsible for the shooting attack. Iman Ganem and Wael Lahluh were also found responsible for the attack.

Central Command Commander, the Jordan Valley and Emek HaMayanot Brigade Commander, the Head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, and additional commanders during an assessment of the situation at the attack site, August 11, 2024.
Central Command Commander, the Jordan Valley and Emek HaMayanot Brigade Commander, the Head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, and additional commanders during an assessment of the situation at the attack site, August 11, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Ganem was arrested at a hospital in Nablus in December 2024, and Lahluh, from Qabatiya, was killed in an Israel Air Force strike. 

Lahluh opened fire from a passing vehicle at two vehicles on Route 90.

How the attack unfolded

According to an initial investigation, shots were fired first at Deutsch’s vehicle.

When Deutsch was shot, he lost control of the vehicle, which then slid to the side of the road. The second vehicle was struck after Deutsch’s.

The two cars were shot from a distance of dozens of meters to a few hundred meters away.

Deutsch was a counselor in Bnei Akiva and volunteered extensively in Beit She’an. He was released from IDF combat service in the Maglan Unit just weeks before the attack and was due to be married a couple of weeks after the attack.