Israel demolishes West Bank family residences of alleged Palestinian killers

The military said three people had been shot in the raid, adding that hundreds of Palestinians had clashed with the soldiers and thrown firebombs, improvised explosive devices and rocks at them.

Friday’s attack took place in an area under Israeli control, yet Red Crescent personnel are still required to administer first aid to injured civilians irrespective of their nationality.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting: “In Israel, as in France, terrorism is terrorism, and the force standing behind it is radical Islam and its wish to destroy its victims.” .

Meanwhile, Israeli security forces arrested an alleged member of militant movement Islamic Jihad and detained other suspects over the murder of a rabbi and his son near Hebron, officials said Sunday.

In a recording of the call made to emergency services by Litman’s 16-year-old son broadcast Friday night on Israeli television, the teen says, “There are two wounded here, but we have the Red Crescent with us”.

The bill came shortly after the European Commission has chose to label the products in the European market produced in Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian lands since 1967.

Israel has accused Palestinian political and religious leaders of inciting the unrest.

“Cases of excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians, including some which appear to amount to summary executions, continue to be reported”, said the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territories, Makarim Wibisono, and the expert on summary executions, Christof Heyns.

It was unclear if a third Palestinian was killed.

A Palestinian opened fire on Israeli soldiers before they shot him dead in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, the army said, arresting two other assailants.

Israeli forces have destroyed the family homes of three men charged with killing an Israeli couple travelling with their four children in the West Bank.

In an effort to deter militant attacks after more than a month of nearly daily violence, centred in the West Bank, Israel recently re-introduced the policy of destroying the family homes of Palestinians convicted of carrying out attacks.

Since October 1, 12 Israelis have been killed.

Later on Tuesday, a Palestinian youth died on wounds he sustained after he was shot by Israeli troops at the Container checkpoint north of Bethlehem in southern West Bank.

After forcing the residents to leave the homes and evacuating nearby buildings, the Israeli forces tore down the residences of Yahia Haj Hamad, Samir Kusah and Karam Razeq, the latter of whom was arrested in October in a Nablus hospital bed by Israeli security agents disguised as Palestinians.