JERUSALEM — The Israeli authorities announced on Sunday the arrest of a Palestinian man suspected of carrying out a deadly drive-by shooting against Israelis in the West Bank, and said the suspect’s father had informed the military about his son’s involvement in the hope of preventing the demolition of their family home.

Israeli officials identified the suspect as Shadi Ahmed Matua, 28, a resident of the West Bank city of Hebron, and described him as an operative of Islamic Jihad, a militant group. Mr. Matua is accused of killing Rabbi Yaakov Litman, 40, and his son Netanel Litman, 18, as they drove in a van with five other members of the Litman family near the Jewish settlement of Otniel, south of Hebron, on Friday. Mr. Matua escaped before emergency services and security forces arrived at the scene.

Early Saturday, Israeli forces destroyed the family homes of three Palestinian men from Nablus charged with killing an Israeli couple in front of their four children in a similar drive-by shooting in the northern West Bank last month. They also demolished the home of a Palestinian man from the village of Silwad accused of fatally shooting an Israeli in June.

Israel revived the controversial tactic of house demolitions after a decade-long hiatus, arguing that it was a necessary deterrent aimed at curbing a recent wave of violence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel pledged to expedite the legal process for approving demolitions. Human rights organizations have denounced it as a form of collective punishment.