An IDF bulldozer was documented on Thursday evening demolishing a pizzeria in Huwara that encouraged terrorism and published an ad promoting its products which used a photo of an elderly woman who was abducted by Hamas terrorists to Gaza and forced by them to make a “V” sign with her fingers.
Earlier it was reported that legal advisers do not approve the demolition of the building and only its sealing, but a bulldozer was subsequently brought to the site and carried out demolition operations.
In addition, the owner of the pizzeria has been detained for questioning.
The Honenu legal aid organization had earlier sent an urgent letter to the head of the IDF Central Command, Major General Yehuda Fox, demanding that the Huwara pizzeria be shut down.
Attorney Ofir Steiner, from the civil department of the organization, wrote in the letter that the business in question is named "Eiffel Bakery", which is located in the center of Huwara. Another publication stated that the owner of the pizzeria is Salah Hamous who several years ago seriously injured a boy from Yitzhar with a rock, but was released due to lack of evidence.
"We are in a time of war, after a murderous terrorist incident, the most terrible and the largest seen in human history," Steiner wrote in his letter to Major General Fox. "At this time, any support for the said murderous and unprecedented terrorist event is like support for the great haters of the Jewish people - the Nazis, may their name be erased. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of immediate enforcement, in a deterrent and decisive manner, which is needed at this time against phenomena of this kind."
About an hour after the pizzeria was demolished, an apology in Hebrew was published on its official Facebook page.
"Hello, we are very sorry for the photo that was posted. The photo obviously was not posted with our consent. Someone tried to harm us. We are against harming people and women, and just want to earn a living with dignity and live in peace with everyone. We apologize to the members of the family that was hurt and the other people that were hurt," said the post.