Israel destroys homes of alleged Palestinian attackers

Meanwhile in Hebron, angry doctors and nurses, along with Palestinian Authority officials, demonstrated outside Al Ahli hospital on Thursday morning against the raid.

On the Palestinian side 81 people have died, including one Israeli Arab. Many have been attackers, but they have also included protesters shot in clashes with the army.

“The recent series of attacks against Israelis is the direct result of incitement by radical Islamist and terrorist elements, calling on Palestinian youth to murder Jews”, writes the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Many employ Palestinian labourers.

Israel has renewed a home demolition tactic that it says is a legal and effective tool to deter attacks. The undercover unit, which is reportedly made up of Israeli soldiers, members of the Shin Bet secret police and border police, was seen recently attempting to blend in with Palestinian demonstrators and then pulling out guns and shooting them at close range.

ALAA BADARNEH/EPA In addition to the deadly protests, an Israeli man and his teen son were killed while on their way to Sabbath services on Friday. These deaths brought to 13 the number of Israelis killed since the start of October.

That same agency also reported that Israeli snipers on Friday shot and injured a young Palestinian man near the entrance to the town of Sa’ir.

Hassan Jihad al-Baw, 23, was shot in the heart during clashes in Halhul, near Hebron. Earlier Friday, a Palestinian teenager in Hebron succumbed to his wounds after being shot by Israeli troops a day earlier.

Abdallah al-Shalalda suffered three bullet wounds to his head, chest and arm, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Shalalda’s brother Bilal, who was asleep within the room, stated he was tied to the mattress by Israeli forces.

“When they left, the man was found bleeding and (staff) tried to save his life, but he died”.

The hospital has released security camera footage showing about a dozen men walking down a hospital corridor, pushing someone covered in a blanket in a wheelchair.

On Thursday, a few 21 settlers sneaked into the hospital and shot dead Abdullah Azzam while he was receiving treatment for his injuries.

“The global silence on Israeli incursions at Palestinian hospitals has increased violations and led to the execution of a patient’s escort”, Awwad said in a statement.

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