The Israeli army has said it demolished the house of a Palestinian fighter it alleged was responsible for the killing of an Israeli general and the wounding of six other people during an exchange of gunfire last year, Al Jazeera reports.
The military identified the Palestinian as Mujahid Mansour and said his home was located in Deir Ibzi’a, west of Ramallah, in the northern West Bank. Mansour was killed during the gun battle.
The Israeli authorities maintain a policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinians accused of attacking Israeli soldiers and settlers — a practice widely condemned as a form of collective punishment prohibited under international law, Al Jazeera notes.