Two Palestinians killed, four families homeless

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HEBRON—On Oct. 8, Christian Peacemaker Team members went to the Jabal Johar district of Hebron in response to news that the Israeli military had killed two Palestinians.

CPT workers saw heavy machinery at work just behind a mosque and learned from local people that the military had demolished a three-story building in reprisal for the killings of four Israeli settlers near Kiryat Arba four weeks ago.

The two dead men, thought to be members of the military wing of Hamas, were accused of killing the  settlers.

A large crowd of young Palestinian men carried away the body of one of the dead men from the site of the demolished house.

When the young men returned they began throwing rocks at the Israeli Border Police in the street below the apartment and burning tires. The Border Police responded with percussion grenades and later with tear-gas.

After the Israeli soldiers completed the demolition of the house and left, the CPT workers went to the site and discovered it had been home to four families: about 30 people in all.

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