The fatal stabbing of a young Israeli girl in her bedroom has shocked people living in the occupied West Bank.

Hallel Yaffa Ariel, 13, was attacked after a Palestinian man climbed a security fence and entered her home in Kiryat Arba.

Israeli guards shot her attacker dead, and one member of the civilian armed response team was injured.

Her attacker was identified as a 19-year-old Palestinian man from a nearby village.

President Benjamin Netanyahu said the man's home would be destroyed, and work permits for his family would be revoked.

In a statement, Mr Netanyahu called on Palestinian leaders to condemn the attack.

"The horrific murder of an innocent girl in her bed sheds light on the bloodlust and lack of humanity displayed by the terrorists we are facing," he said.

State Department spokesman John Kirby has said that they have confirmed the girl was a US citizen, and added: "This brutal act of terrorism is simply unconscionable."