Israeli soldiers demolish two Palestinian fighters’ homes in Hebron
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that its forces demolished the houses of two Palestinians who killed seven people in an attack in Tel Aviv last year.
Videos have shown troops detonating explosives in the homes located in Hebron, a Palestinian city in the south of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Seven people were killed and several more injured in the attack by two men at a light rail station in Jaffa, in the south of Tel Aviv, in October.
One of the assailants was armed with an assault rifle and the other with a knife.
The two men were shot dead.
Hamas, the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip, claimed responsibility.
The demolition of the family homes of Palestinians accused of attacks against Israelis was controversial, with rights organisations decrying the practice as collective punishment.
Israel, however, argues it is an effective deterrent.
(dpa/NAN)
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