RAMALLAH, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Avigodor Lieberman said Saturday that the attacker's home would be demolished swiftly.
He called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to condemn the attack he described as a "slaughter." Lieberman and army chief Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot, visited the scene of the attack.
Israel's defense minister consulted with senior commanders in the West Bank on Saturday, a day after a Palestinian stabbed to death three members of an Israeli family in their home.
The father of the 20-year-old Palestinian assailant said he believes his son was upset over the loss of Palestinian lives and wanted to protect the "honor" of the Jerusalem holy site.
The Israeli military said the assailant killed a man and two of his adult children, while a woman was wounded.
On Saturday morning, Israeli troops searched the assailant's family home in the West Bank village of Kobar and detained one of his brothers, the army said.
