What appears perfectly clear to me is that the policy of destroying terrorists' families' homes isn't a matter of punishing the guilty, but it a matter a deterrence. You can't punish a suicide bomber after he's dead, so you try to deter him by letting him know in advance that if he kills your people, you will make his parents, siblings, and children homeless.
Am I wrong? Is there a rule of Israeli jurisprudence that actually pronounces a suicide bomber's family guilty of a specifically defined crime, for which the home-destruction is the legally prescribed punishment? Marvin Long Austin, Texas
