Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished the home of a Palestinian in the village of Kobar who fatally stabbed three Israelis in a nearby Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank last month at a time when tensions soared over Israeli actions in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Residents said that army vehicles and bulldozers entered the area north of Ramallah at around 3:00am and surrounded the two-storey house, one floor of which was still under construction.

Clashes broke out in the area between stone-throwing Palestinians and Israeli soldiers.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, 12 people were wounded by Israeli rubber bullets.

Video appeared to show a Palestinian news cameraman, Mohammed Radi, being hit in the nose with a rubber bullet.

It seemed from the video that clashes were not taking place at that time and location.

Radi was later treated at a hospital in Ramallah, while Israel's army said it was looking into the report.

Israel regularly demolishes the homes of Palestinian accused of attacking Israelis in what international law considers collective punishment.

*This report was edited by Ahram online