Israel destroys West Bank attacker's home

Israeli security forces have destroyed the home of a Palestinian minor who stabbed to death a woman after the country's top court ruled it could go ahead.

Israeli security forces have destroyed the home of a Palestinian who stabbed to death a woman on a settlement in south Hebron, on the West Bank, Israel Radio reports.

Israel's top court ruled this week that the home demolition could go ahead. The attacker is a minor and his family's home, also in the Hebron area in the southern West Bank, was destroyed early Saturday morning.

The Israeli woman, a mother of six, was killed in January in her house. Home demolitions are often employed by the Israeli forces as retribution against Palestinian attackers. Human rights groups have been critical of the policy.


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Published 11 June 2016 7:22pm
Source: AAP


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