Israeli troops have raided and
demolished the homes of three Palestinians suspected to have been
involved in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenage settlers,
triggering clashes with locals in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
The family house of Hussam Qawasmi, who was arrested in July, accused of planning the murders, was blown up early on Monday.
Hours earlier, Israeli forces raided the neighbourhood where the house of another suspect, Amer Abu Eish, is located.
His mother told Al Jazeera that three out of five apartments in the building, were completely demolished.
The house of the third suspect, Marwan Qawasme, which was partially demolished in July, was filled with concrete.
Abu Eish and Qawasme remain at large,
The three Israeli settlers, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel, were found dead in June near Hebron following their abduction.
Human rights organisations warned that the demolitions marked a return to Israeli use of home demolitions as a punitive measure. The tactic had earlier been deemed counterproductive by an Israeli commission and has not been executed since 2005.
The family house of Hussam Qawasmi, who was arrested in July, accused of planning the murders, was blown up early on Monday.
Hours earlier, Israeli forces raided the neighbourhood where the house of another suspect, Amer Abu Eish, is located.
His mother told Al Jazeera that three out of five apartments in the building, were completely demolished.
The house of the third suspect, Marwan Qawasme, which was partially demolished in July, was filled with concrete.
Abu Eish and Qawasme remain at large,
The three Israeli settlers, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel, were found dead in June near Hebron following their abduction.
Human rights organisations warned that the demolitions marked a return to Israeli use of home demolitions as a punitive measure. The tactic had earlier been deemed counterproductive by an Israeli commission and has not been executed since 2005.
