Israeli troops demolish homes of two dead militants

ISRAEL yesterday demolished the homes of two Palestinian militants who killed four seminary students when they infiltrated a Jewish settlement last week, the army said.

The two gunmen were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers after the attack in the southern West Bank Jewish settlement of Otniel on Friday night.

The militant Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the attack, which it said was in response to the killing of eight Palestinians by Israel during operations against militants last Wednesday and Thursday.