Occupied Jerusalem: The Israeli military says troops have demolished the home of the family of a Palestinian who allegedly stabbed an Israeli teenage girl to death.
It says the home of 17-year-old Mohammad Tarayreh’s family in the occupied West Bank town of Bani Naim near Hebron was demolished early Monday.
Israel routinely demolishes homes of Palestinian alleged attackers in what it says is a means to deter further attacks but criticis say its just a pretense to kick more Palestinians off their land and is a form of collective punishment.
Israeli occupation authorities have demolished 168 Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank alone during the first half of 2016, according to Israeli rights group B’tselem.
The demolitions left 740 Palestinians homeless, 384 of which are children.
