Israeli occupation forces today stormed the town of al-Samou to the south of Hebron and took measurements of the family home of slain Palestinian Abdel-Wahab Khalayleh, who was shot and killed today by Israeli police in central Israel following an alleged car-ramming and stabbing attack.

Local sources said Israeli forces stormed the town of al-Samou and raided the family home of Khalayleh, breifly detained the family and interrogated them before proceeding to take photographs and measurements of the 120-square-meter house in preparation of punitive demolition.

Confrontations reportedly broke out in the area, during which Israeli military used tear gas canisters against Palestinian residents and their homes.

The army later detained the father of the Khalayleh after summoning him for interrogation at Etzion detention center, in addition to his two brothers, aged 23 and 25, who were detained by Israeli police from their place of work inside Israel.

Israel resorts to punitively demolish the family homes of Palestinians as a mean of deterrence- accused of being involved in attacks against Israelis, a policy that Israel does not apply to Israeli settlers who were involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.

The policy was widely condemned by human rights groups as ‘a collective punishment’ and ‘a war crime and crime against humanity’.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency