Israel demolishes family home of Palestinian who shot and killed an Israeli soldier

Israeli forces demolished the family home of a Palestinian man on Tuesday who shot and killed an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint near Jerusalem, injuring five others.

According to the Israeli army, this is the third house to be demolished out of the three Hamas operatives who carried out the shooting on November 16, in which an Israeli soldier was killed. 

The Israeli human rights organisation, B'Tselem, has said that demolishing the homes of relatives of Palestinians who harmed or attempted to harm Israeli civilians or security personnel is prohibited collective punishment, and is one of the most extreme measures used by Israel. 

In accordance with international humanitarian law Palestinians as an occupied people have a protected and essential right to resist Israeli occupation.