Israel demolishes East Jerusalem home after synagogue attack Israeli troops have destroyed the home of a Palestinian man who killed a woman and a baby by ramming a car into a Jerusalem tram stop last month. The demolition came hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to win a "battle for Jerusalem", following a deadly attack on a synagogue yesterday. The attack left four rabbis and a police officer dead. Jerusalem has seen weeks of unrest, partly fuelled by tension over a disputed holy site. BBC