Ramallah: In coordinated raids at dawn on Tuesday, Israeli regime forces arrested relatives of two Palestinian suspects wanted for separate attacks on Monday in Tel Aviv and the West Bank, according to local Palestinian sources.
In Nablus, police detained the father and brothers of the alleged assailant who stabbed a 20-year-old Israeli soldier at a train station in Tel Aviv. The soldier died hours later from his injuries.
The suspect in the stabbing was identified as Nour Al Deen Abu Hashiyeh, 18.
In the West Bank town of Hebron, Israeli security forces arrested Jameel Al Hashlomun, the brother of Maher Al Hashlomun, who allegedly stabbed to death a 25-year-old woman and wounded two others near a Jewish colony.
The alleged attacker was admitted to a hospital in occupied Jerusalem after being shot by a colony security officer.
“Usually after a terrorist attack, a security operation is carried out and the relatives of the perpetrators are picked up to investigate the incident,” Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Efe news agency.
The Israeli regime often demolishes the homes of family members of Palestinian attackers, a practice described as collective punishment by critics.
Israeli police have boosted their presence in Tel Aviv and occupied Jerusalem as security officials raised the alert level.
