(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urged the Israeli government Saturday to reverse its decision to demolish six Palestinian houses in the occupied West Bank.
The houses belong to the families of Palestinians accused of criminal offences. ICRC said such demolitions would amount to collective punishment.
"Families and communities should never be punished or held responsible for actions they did not personally commit," said ICRC's Head of delegation in Israel and Occupied Territories, Jacques de Maio.
"If this next round of demolitions goes ahead as planned, it will fuel the current climate of fear and retribution, and be counterproductive," de Maio said.
Further to the Israeli Government's announcement, the Israeli Security Forces have initiated the process of punitive demolitions, and these may start imminently.
"Planned destructions like these or filling homes with concrete, in these circumstances, amount to collective punishment, which is prohibited under international humanitarian law", de Maio continued. "We urge the authorities to revoke these orders and abandon this policy."
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