 Israeli forces killed a Hamas leader and another Palestinian during clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Zhanin on Monday, January 2nd, that were set off when the army came to demolish the homes of two slain gunmen, Palestinian sources said. The fatalities in the Kaffa Dan village were the first for Palestinians since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu retook the office last week at the head of a heart-right coalition. The Israeli army confirmed carrying out the raid to raise the homes of two Palestinians who killed one of its commanders in the West Bank last year before they were shot dead. Troops shot at Palestinians in Kaffa Dan who attacked them with gunfire, rocks and firebombs, the army said in a statement. There were no Israeli casualties in the incident. Hamas, an Islamic group that runs the Gaza Strip and has a following in the West Bank, claimed one of the dead Palestinians who was 17 years old as its member. In Kaffa Dan, Hani Abed, the father of one of the gunmen killed in the September 14 clash described the Israeli demolition as collective punishment. Last year saw the worst levels of violence in the West Bank in more than a decade. Much of it is concentrated around Nablus and the nearby city of Zhanin, with at least 150 Palestinians and more than 20 Israelis killed.