Original sentence: House demolition (also known as house razing) is a tactic for combating an insurgency.House demolition has been used by the Israeli government during the al-Aqsa Intifada, by the Russian Army in Chechnya, and by the US army in Iraq, amongst others.House demolition was used to destroy the family homes of Saleh Abdel Rahim al-Souwi (perpetrator of the Tel Aviv bus 5 massacre) and Yahya Ayyash (Hamas's chief bombmaker, known as "the engineer")
Edited sentence: Although house demolitions have been used in small-scale in a number of conflicts, house demolition has become a controversial component of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.House demolition (also known as house razing) is a tactic for combating an insurgency, particularly an insurgency which employs suicide attacks.House demolition has been used in an on-again-off-again fashion by the Israeli government during the al-Aqsa Intifada.House demolition was used to destroy the family homes of Saleh Abdel Rahim al-Souwi (perpetrator of the Tel Aviv bus 5 massacre) and Yahya Ayyash (Hamas's chief bombmaker, known as "the engineer"), as well as the perpetators of the First and second Jerusalem bus 18 massacres, and the Ashqelon bus station bombing