Palestinian protesters chant slogans as they gather during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Friday, April 13, 2018. (Photo: AP)

JERUSALEM, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill that would allow the eviction of Palestinian attackers' families from their West Bank homes.

The Knesset, Israel's parliament, approved the bill in a preliminary reading, in which 69 lawmakers voted in favor of the bill and 36 against it, with no abstentions.

After the vote, the bill will need to undergo three more full rounds of voting before it becomes law.

Under the new legislation, the military could forcibly evict families of Palestinian attackers from their West Bank homes to another place inside the West Bank.

The bill, sponsored by the Jewish Home, a pro-settler party in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, was advanced by the ultra-nationalist lawmakers, who cited the need to "deter" a resurging wave of Palestinian knife, shooting and car-ramming attacks in the West Bank.

The parliament approved the bill despite warnings from the law and security establishments.

On Sunday, Nadav Argaman, head of Israel's Shin Bet security service, reportedly told the security cabinet that such a law would be counterproductive.

On Monday, Israel's General Attorney Avichai Mandelblit said the bill violates human rights and might trigger international condemnation of Israel.

Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East War and has since controlled the region despite international criticism.