Israeli forces have arrested the family members of a 23-year-old Palestinian man, who allegedly approached Israeli security staff and stabbed them at a checkpoint near Jerusalem earlier, Al Jazeera reports.

While the man was shot dead at the scene, Israeli forces ransacked the house and arrested his mother, his father and his sister.

According to Al Jazeera, the reason Israeli forces do this is to ask them, “Did you know about this and why didn’t you tell us?”

The arrests and house demolitions have been criticised by human rights organisations as collective punishment. But the Israelis still do it and they believe house demolition acts as a deterrent to attacks like this.