Medical sources said 28-year-old Ahmad Abu al-Eish, and 21-year-old Leith Manasra were shot dead by Israeli bullet fire in the Qalandiya refugee camp.
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As the attack was still underway, Israeli journalist Dan Margalit mocked the victims over the European Union’s decision to label products from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The military said hundreds of Palestinians attacked Israeli forces, throwing firebombs and rocks.
Mr Netanyahu spoke on Sunday at the start of his weekly Cabinet meeting, where he drew links between the terror attacks that took place across Paris on Friday night – leaving 129 people killed and 350 injured – and the ongoing attacks perpetrated in Israel. Rights organizations have denounced the measure as a form of collective punishment.
Residents said soldiers arrived at the camp shortly after midnight to demolish the home of Mohammed Abu Shaheen, 39, a Palestinian in Israeli custody on charges of killing Danny Gonen, 25, near Ramallah in June.
Recent months have seen a dramatic surge in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian civilian homes, triggering the wrath of a plethora of national and global human rights organizations.
Ten years ago, Jewish visitors numbered in the hundreds, but today approximately 12,000 “ascend” yearly, as opposed to 4 million Muslims, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the Israeli military, the Palestinian attacker opened fire as the family was driving near the West Bank city of Hebron, killing the father, who was in his 40s, and his 18-year-old son.
Shahin’s arrest was announced in July, with Israel alleging he belonged to an armed group linked to Fatah, the party of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
The home on the top floor of a three-storey building was destroyed with explosives, residents said, also damaging the other floors and nearby residences.
Channel 10 released a dramatic audio of a call it said was from one of the passengers in the vehicle calling rescue services as the attack unfolded. The army said the family had been on the way to a Sabbath dinner at the time.
Nine Palestinians were wounded in the clashes that followed the demolitions.
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon defended the demolitions on Monday and said they would continue, adding that “our forces acted professionally” during the operation earlier in the day.
While the world mourns for Paris, the Palestinian official media makes the ridiculous claim that Israel was behind Friday’s attacks.
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The shooting deaths of two settlers in front of their children in the northern West Bank on October 1 was the first incident in the weeks-long wave of gun, knife and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians.
