JENIN, January 1, 2018 (WAFA) – Israeli forces notified the family of Yousef Khalid Kmail, a prisoner in Israeli jails, about their intention to demolish part of their home as a punitive measure for their son’s murder of an Israeli settler in early October.

Israeli soldiers raided the home of Kmail’s family in the town of Qabatiya, in northern West Bank, at predawn Monday and handed them a notice informing them about the demolition order, which is to take place in four days.

Kmail was convicted by an Israeli court of partaking in the murder of an Israeli settler, together with Mohammad Ziad Abu al-Rob, in the Arab town of Kafr Qasem in central Israel in early October 2017.

Israeli authorities already demolished the family house of Abu al-Rob in early December 2017 under the same grounds.

Israel resorts to punitively demolish the family homes of Palestinians – as means of deterrence – who are accused of being involved in attacks against Israelis, a policy that Israel does not use against Israeli settlers who are involved in fatal attacks against Palestinians.

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