Which of the following statements are not true regarding restriction endonucleases?
$A$. They are called molecular scissors.
$B$. These are the enzymes responsible for restricting the growth of bacteriophages in $E. coli$.
$C$. They cut the $DNA$ only at the centre of the palindromic sites.
$D$. They remove nucleotides only from the ends of $DNA$ fragments.
$E$. They recognise specific palindromic base-pair sequences.
Choose the answer from the options given below:

• A
  $(1)$ $C$ and $D$ only
• B
  $(2)$ $A$ and $E$ only
• C
  $(3)$ $D$ and $E$ only
• D
  $(4)$ $A$ and $B$ only