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HEBRON (Ma'an) -- The municipality of Hebron on Thursday announced that it had managed to freeze an Israeli demolition order for a house in the city after taking legal action through the Israeli Supreme Court.

Iyad Ubeido had received an order for the demolition of his home on Nov. 30, with all family members ordered to evacuate the property within three days.

A lawyer from the municipality launched an appeal against the demolition in cooperation with the Society of St. Yves, a human rights organization, with the Israeli Supreme Court putting the demolition on hold until further notice.

The mayor of Hebron, Daoud al-Zaatari, condemned continuous Israeli violations against Palestinians in Hebron and the policy of "collective punishment" on its residents.

Six members of the Ubeido family would have been made homeless by the demolition.

It is unclear what reason Israeli authorities gave for the planned demolition.

Earlier Thursday, Israeli forces demolished the Nablus home of a Palestinian man suspected of organizing an attack in October that left two Israeli settlers dead, Palestinian security sources said.

According to Israeli rights group B'Tselem, an Israeli army investigation concluded in 2005 that the deterrence value of home demolitions was questionable, and the military decided to stop the practice in 2009. The practice was then resumed in November of last year.