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Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril Click to expand Image Al-Zeitoun C school in Gaza City, which an Israeli airstrike hit on September 21, 2024, killing at least 34 displaced Palestinians, including at least 21 children, who were sheltering there. © 2024 Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images Israeli forces’ deadly attacks on schools sheltering Palestinian civilians highlight the absence of safe places for displaced people, the vast majority of Gaza’s population. Hundreds of Israeli attacks since October 2023 have struck over 500 school buildings, many used as shelters, killing hundreds of civilians and causing significant damage to nearly all of Gaza’s schools. The Israeli attacks have denied civilians safe access to shelter, and will contribute to the disruption of access to education for many years, as repair and reconstruction of schools can require significant resources and time. (Jerusalem, August 7, 2025) – Israeli forces’ deadly attacks on schools sheltering Palestinian civilians highlight the absence of safe places for Gaza’s displaced people, Human Rights Watch said today. Since October 2023, Israeli authorities have carried out hundreds of strikes on…

Report: Israeli authorities escalate demolition of Palestinian homes in ... NABLUS, February 1, 2025 (WAFA) – A report by the National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlement has highlighted a sharp increase in Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in occupied Jerusalem and other areas of the West Bank. The report attributes the escalation to pressure from ruling coalition parties, particularly the far-right Religious Zionism party led by Bezalel Smotrich and the Jewish Power party led by Itamar Ben-Gvir, along with key figures from the Likud party and the "Land of Israel Lobby" in the Israeli Knesset. According to the weekly settlement report released today, Israeli authorities issued demolition orders last Sunday for all homes in Khirbet al-Nu’man, a village near Bethlehem. The orders, affecting 45 homes, were issued under the pretext of lacking permits, even though the village predates the Israeli occupation of 1967. The move is seen as part of a broader effort to annex the area into the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem. Jamal al-Dar'awi, head of the local council, stated that the village has been systematically denied essential services such as water, sewage,…

Israel's ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinian communities Previous Next Executive summary © ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images Download in arabic download in french Download in spanish Download in Turkish What is happening right now is [the] erasure of humans, trees and stones, and anything that is Palestinian, by settlers under the support of the military. Muntasir al-Maliki, a resident of Kufr Malik Palestinian families lived for generations in the occupied West Bank village of Khirbet Zanuta (Zanuta)*, sustaining themselves through herding, farming and dairy production. The village was designated as part of Area C under the 1995 Oslo II Accords, placing it under full Israeli military and administrative control. Today, Zanuta is being eaten away by Israeli outposts and settlements and destroyed by  state-sponsored violence and terror. Just 1km from Zanuta, Israeli settlers established an illegal outpost known as Meitarim Farm in 2021. The settlers soon began a sustained campaign of violent attacks and threats against Zanuta’s residents. They set fire to the villagers’ tents and classrooms, broke into their homes, beat them with rifles, threw stones at them, smashed their sola…

Israeli Forces Demolish West Bank Bedouin Hamlet, Displacing Dozens Israeli Forces Demolish West Bank Bedouin Hamlet, Displacing Dozens Local In a move that has drawn sharp criticism from international observers and human rights organizations, Israeli military bulldozers on Monday razed most of a Palestinian Bedouin hamlet in the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing dozens of residents and leaving a landscape of shattered homes and ruined livelihoods. The demolition occurred in Khalet Al-Dab, a small, traditionally built community nestled in the rugged terrain of Masafer Yatta, a region in the southern West Bank that has long been a flashpoint between Palestinian residents and Israeli authorities. The operation, which commenced in the early hours of Monday morning, saw Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers descend upon the unsuspecting community. Eyewitness accounts from local activists and residents describe scenes of chaos and despair as families were abruptly forced from their homes, given little to no time to salvage their belongings before the heavy machinery began its destructive work. According to Mohammed Rabia, head of the local village council, the demolition resul…

Video. Gaza Families search ruins after Israeli strikes hit homes No Comment Video. Gaza Families search ruins after Israeli strikes hit homes Copy/paste the link below: Copy Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Copy Updated: 12/06/2026 - 14:52 GMT+2 Palestinians in central Gaza searched through rubble on 12 June after Israeli strikes destroyed homes in Deir al-Balah and the Maghazi refugee camp, leaving dozens of displaced families without shelter and struggling to recover their belongings. … More Residents said Israeli forces had ordered evacuations before the attacks, but entire housing blocks were affected. Large craters and collapsed buildings marked the impact sites as families returned to recover clothing, furniture and personal possessions. The strikes came despite a fragile ceasefire and added to the challenges facing thousands of displaced Palestinians across Gaza. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT In the Palestinian Territories, witnesses said at least 10 to 15 homes in Maghazi were rendered uninhabitable. Families who had already been displaced by previous fighting reported losing the few belongings they had managed to save. In Deir al-Balah,…

U.N: Investigate Bulldozers Used by Israel for Home Demolitions in Gaza ... (Washington D.C., March 18, 2025) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing should investigate U.S. company Caterpillar Inc.'s role in Israel's systematic destruction of Palestinian homes in Gaza, said DAWN today in a communication to the current UN mandate holder, Balakrishnan Rajagopal. Twenty-two years ago this week, an Israeli military operated D9 bulldozer crushed to death human rights activistRachel Corriein the Gaza Strip while she was attempting to stop the demolition of a Palestinian home. No one has been held responsible for her killing. "The unthinkable scale of Israel's destruction of Palestinian homes in Gaza over the past 17 months should throw up a massive red flag to halt the export of Caterpillar bulldozers it has been using to do so," said Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of DAWN. "Every D9 bulldozer that Caterpillar sends to the Israeli army is likely to be used as an instrument for the wonton destruction of civilian homes and infrastructure, a war crime in the Rome Statue and under the Geneva Conventions." The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (D…

Israeli settlers torch West Bank vehicles, mosque: Palestinian reports ... Israeli settlers torched vehicles and attempted to set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank Sunday, Palestinian news agency reported, as the Israeli military deployed troops to quell what it described as violent riots by "Israeli civilians." According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, settlers carried out two attacks in the West Bank late on Sunday. In the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, a group of settlers set fire to a car, broke down the door of a mosque and set its entrance alight before fleeing, Wafa reported. Witnesses told AFP that residents had managed to extinguish the blaze. In a separate incident in the nearby village of Deir Dibwan, settlers set two vehicles on fire, Wafa reported. The Israeli military confirmed it had dispatched forces to multiple locations in the West Bank following reports of arson and riots. "A short while ago, the security forces were dispatched to several locations across the Binyamin Brigade area of responsibility following reports of arson and violent riots carried out by Israeli civilians," the military said in a statement. "The forces are c…

Israeli forces storm West Bank cities, demolish homes, detain 120 ... Spread the love This work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License . The Israeli military conduct a raid in Ramallah and detain a Palestinian youth with his eyes blindsided, on September 16, 2025, in West Bank. Israeli troops have intensified restrictions across the West Bank and often open fire on people approaching the barrier. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency] Israeli forces on Wednesday stormed several Palestinian cities in the West Bank, demolished homes in the south, and carried out mass arrests as part of a widening campaign of raids in the occupied territory, Anadolu Agency reports. Witnesses said undercover units entered al-Bireh town near Ramallah before reinforcements arrived with armored vehicles in the al-Masyoun neighborhood. In Nablus, troops pushed into the eastern districts, deploying in the Musallakh area and the Balata refugee camp. In the Hebron province, local council head Mohammed Ribee said Israeli bulldozers leveled houses and caves in the village of Khirbet Khillet al-Daba, and destroyed tents, water pipes, s…

Israeli Occupation Forces Intensify Airstrikes and House Demolitions to ... Through intensified airstrikes, mass killings, widespread home demolitions, and the ongoing issuance of illegal evacuation orders, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) seek to eradicate every prospect for life and survival in Gaza City and forcibly displace its residents under bombardment and intimidation toward southern Gaza. Such actions are part of Israel’s plan to depopulate the city of its original residents and displaced persons, imposing a new reality and perpetuating the ongoing crime of genocide that has persisted for nearly two years. Field information indicates that the intensified Israeli bombardment of Gaza City is intended to depopulate the city, a goal that has been openly declared by both the IOF and the political leadership. The city has witnessed daily escalations in bombardment targeting the remaining residential neighborhoods, civilian infrastructure, and displacement camps, thereby exacerbating the displacement crisis and rendering the city uninhabitable. According to PCHR staff follow-up, the IOF have intensified their policy of bombing and destroying residential buildings over the p…

‘They burned everything’: Israeli settlers torch West Bank clinics, homes and cars | Middle East Eye Israeli settlers escalated attacks against Palestinians across the occupied West Bank over the weekend, including torching a clinic, shooting at civilians and vandalising a school. Palestinian media reported on Monday that settlers raided a boys’ secondary school in the town of Hawara, south of Nablus, where they removed the Palestinian flag, raised an Israeli flag in its place and wrote “death to Arabs” on the walls. Late on Sunday, a series of attacks were reported near Nablus and Ramallah. Armed settlers attacked Palestinians in the town of Deir al-Hatab, east of Nablus, injuring at least nine people, including one who sustained gunshot wounds. In the town of Burqa, east of Ramallah, settlers torched a local clinic and a vehicle. A night earlier, several simultaneous attacks were reported around Jenin, Nablus and Salfit. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters The most extensive targeted the towns of al-Fandaqumiya and Silat ad-Dhahr, south of Jenin, where sett…

Israeli settlers beat elderly, Palestinian man in the West Bank Israeli settlers beat elderly, deaf Palestinian man in West Bank attack, video shows [email protected] January 14, 2026 israeli impunity , israeli settler violence , West Bank , west bank invasion The German-Palestinian plant nursery in Deir Sharaf has been attacked before by settlers ( file photo ) Basim Saleh Yassin, who’s deaf, was beaten viciously by Israelis after they attacked a plant nursery in the West Bank, amid an uptick in settler violence. Reposted from The New Arab , January 10, 2026 Dozens of masked men armed with sticks beat and injured a Palestinian in the Israeli-occupied West Bank when they attacked a plant nursery, according to people who saw the attack and video footage obtained by The Associated Press . Video filmed by security cameras shows men dressed mostly in black, faces covered, with several hitting and kicking a man on the ground. Two witnesses who are members of the family that owns the facility said Israeli settlers beat 67-year-old Basim Saleh Yassin as he was trying to flee the German-Palestinian-run nursery in the northern West Bank village of Deir Sharaf. Both spoke on condition of an…

A killing ground: Israeli forces accused of firing on civilians at Gaza ... Home/AOAV: all our reports The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stand accused of systematically firing on unarmed Palestinian civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza. Testimonies gathered byHaaretzfrom serving and reservist soldiers suggest that Israeli commanders issued direct orders to shoot at crowds around food distribution points, even when no threat was posed. The accounts describe a breakdown in the IDF’s own rules of engagement, with implications that verge on war crimes. Since the end of May 2025, when the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an organisation created with Israeli, American evangelical and private security input, began operating food distribution centres, nearly 550 Palestinians have been killed near these sites, according to Gaza’s health authorities. Over 4,000 have been injured. Johnnie Moore, executive director of GHF, however, said such numbers were fals and has told Sky News there is a “disinformation campaign” that is “meant to shut down (GHF’s) efforts” in the Gaza Strip, fuelled by “some figures” coming out every day. Despite Moor’e claims, multiple witnesses have conf…

Israeli settlers attack, burn West Bank village March 14, 2025 at 4:52 pm A view of burnt car caused by Israeli settlers who attacked and burned the Palestinian village of Khirbet Al-Marjam in the occupied West Bank on 13 March 2025 [Social media/X] Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Khirbet Al-Marjam in the occupied West Bank last night, burning three houses and a number of cars in the latest in a series of raids that have surged during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza,Reutersreports. Local residents said settlers stormed through the village, firing live ammunition and hurling teargas bombs at people trying to put out the flames. CCTV footage showed masked individuals entering Palestinians’ property, throwing objects around and destroying a security camera. “They climbed on top of the house and started to throw stones,” resident Maysoom Msalam said. “They broke the door and the windows. Then they burnt this door and entered and set fire inside the house.” Khirbet al-Marajem, Nablus Governorate.Last night, settlers carried out a pogrom in the community, setting property and vehicles on fire. 3 houses were completely burned down. After the settlers left the are…

Israeli Leaders and Settlers Aim to Create a Fully Colonized "Greater ... Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable,support us with a donationof any size. As Israel’s genocide in Gaza drags into its third year, more than two million Palestinians have been hemmed in by a military border. In “East Gaza,” as the Israeli Defense Forces-controlled zone east of the borderhas become known, more than two million Palestinians live surrounded by rubble,decaying corpses, andunexploded munitions, as they struggle to survive in makeshift shelters without adequate access to food, clean water, sewage, or protection against theharsh winter weather. And yet, at the United Nations Security Council meeting on November 17, not a single country stood up to oppose President Donald Trump’sproposed“peace plan” in Gaza — which wouldestablisha transitional international governance body for Gaza. Should this plan come to pass, it’s all too likely that Israel and the United States will not be held accountable in the near term for their war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. But as conditions in Gaza have continued to deteriorate amid Is…

Israeli Forces Demolish UNRWA Buildings in "Unprecedented Attack" Truthout is a vital news source and a living history of political struggle. If you think our work is valuable,support us with a donationof any size. On Tuesday, Israeli forces stormed the headquarters of the UN agency dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance for Palestinians, demolishing buildings in an attack that the agency condemned as “unprecedented.” Armed with bulldozers and tear gas, the Israeli military forcefully entered the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) office in Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem. They targetedat least twoUNRWA buildings for demolition, andfired tear gasin a vocational school serving young refugees in Qalandia, on the outskirts of Jerusalem; the Palestinian Authority said that Israeli forceshit a 15-year-old boyin the eye with a rubber bullet. An Israeli government official and lawmakers looked on in approval at the violence targeting the premises, whichare protected under international law, UNofficials said. The attack is one of Israel’s single most extreme moves against UNRWA thus far,after killing 309of its employees in Gaza amid the genocide andtak…

Palestinians in West Bank shocked after devastating Israeli attacks Palestinian residents of the Israeli-occupied West Bank expressed shock and despair at the outcome of an Israeli attack on their refugee camp: bullet-riddled walls, destroyed homes and piles of concrete blocks. "We are another Gaza, especially in the refugee camps," said Nayef Alaajmeh, a resident of the Nur Shams camp in the city of Tulkarem, as he surveyed the damage following a devastating Israeli raid on the camp that ended late on Thursday. On Wednesday, Israeli forces launched a so-called "counter-terrorism" operation in several occupied West Bank cities and refugee camps, including Nur Shams. At least 19 Palestinians have been killed so far in the incursion, according to the Israeli military and the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah. The Israeli military initially sent bulldozers to tear up tarmac streets, sending clouds of dust over the targeted areas. AFP footage showed camp residents walking cautiously through streets littered with burnt tyres and other debris. Municipality workers and residents were already at work trying to salvage what they could. Many residents compared the devastation t…

Israel demolishes UN aid agency buildings 'in unprecedented attack' Israeli forces have demolished buildings within the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency’s (UNRWA) East Jerusalem compound, in a move UN officials have denounced as a breach of international law. Bulldozers, accompanied by Israeli forces, were seen razing several large and smaller structures inside the compound in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem, which was seized last year. It previously served as a workplace for dozens of UNRWA staff members, who have not had access to the premises since early last year after an Israeli directive forced the agency to vacate all its sites and cease operations. open image in gallery Bulldozers destroy part of the UNRWA headquarters in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem ( AFP/Getty ) Israeli forces entered the compound around 7am local time and forced out the compound’s security guards before bringing in bulldozers to begin demolishing buildings inside. Jerusalem deputy mayor Aryeh King vowed to “kick out, kill and destroy all of UNRWA’s people, God willing”, in a now-deleted video from outside the compound where a yellow bulldozer could be…

Israeli Occupation Forces Shut Down Three Civil Society Organizations ... The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) raid on the two offices of al-Ard Institution for Agricultural Development in Ramallah and Hebron and their forcible shutdown, in addition to a third express mail company. The raid followed a violent crackdown targeting employees and visitors, resulting in the arrest of several of them and the confiscation of the institution’s property under unfounded security pretexts. These assaults are part of a wide-scale, systematic crime against Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and represent a serious escalation in the restrictive and closure policies carried out by the Israeli authorities against non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the West Bank. According to information collected by PCHR’s field researchers, at around 10:00 on Monday, 01 December 2025, the IOF raided the institution’s office in Sateh Marhaba neighborhood in Ramallah, following the deployment of a large number of Israeli soldiers around the building. The soldiers violently knocked on the inner door before opening it and then raided the office without a…

Smotrich orders eviction of West Bank village after hearing he may … Israel’s finance minister ordered the eviction of a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that has long been a target of Israeli authorities on Tuesday. Bezalel Smotrich said the measure is a response to reports that he may be a target of international war crimes prosecutors. (AP Video by Imad Isseid) A Bedouin shepherd leads her goats at the hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File) An aerial view shows the Bedouin hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank, Jan. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s finance minister has ordered the eviction of a Palestinian village in theIsraeli-occupiedWest Bank that has long been a target of Israeli authorities, saying the measure is a response to reports that he may be a target of international war crimes prosecutors. It was not clear whether the International Criminal Court is mulling an arrest warrant for the minister, Bezalel Smotrich. The Hague court said it keeps requests and plans for warrants confidential. But the ICC already has issued arrest warrants for other Israeli figures…

Israeli settlers torch West Bank mosque and scrawl hateful messages ... Add NBC News to Google Masked Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank 01:19 Get more news Live on Share Add NBC News to Google Nov. 13, 2025, 5:56 AM EST / Source : The Associated Press By The Associated Press Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank overnight , scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance a day after some Israeli leaders condemned a recent attack by settlers against Palestinians. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. One wall and at least three copies of the Quran and some of the carpeting at the mosque in the Palestinian town of Deir Istiya had been torched when an AP reporter visited Thursday. On one side of the mosque settlers had left graffitied messages like “we are not afraid,” “we will revenge again,” and “keep on condemning.” The Hebrew scrawl, difficult to make out, appeared to reference Maj. Gen Avi Bluth, the chief of the military’s Central Command who issued a rare denunciation of the violence Wednesday. The mosque in Salfit, We…

'Israeli' Defense Minister orders collective punishment of villages ... ‘Israeli’ Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday ordered sweeping collective civil sanctions against the families of the shooters who targeted a Jerusalem bus stop on Monday, as well as residents of their villages northwest of the city. The punitive measures come in response to Monday’s attack that left seven settlers dead. Read more: VIDEOS: Death toll in Jerusalem shooting rises to 7 They include demolishing buildings and revoking hundreds of work and entry permits, further suffocating Palestinian movement as well as livelihood. In a statement, Katz announced the steps he plans to take: Read more: ‘Israeli’ raids intensify across West Bank, Jerusalem These measures not only target the attackers’ families but also their wider communities, cementing ‘Israel’s’ long history of imposing collective punishments.

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Palestine weekly wrap: Israeli settlers rampage through West Bank ... R AMALLAH, PALESTINE — A major policy decision has been announced that will have far-reaching consequences for Palestine and the wider region. The move has drawn sharp reactions from both domestic stakeholders and the international community. Palestine weekly wrap: Israeli settlers rampage through West Bank villages. | Photo: Juba Global News Network Israel remains a focal point of Middle Eastern geopolitics, with its security operations in Gaza, tensions with Iran, and efforts toward regional normalization shaping the broader strategic landscape. Palestine has been at the center of regional attention as this story continues to develop, with multiple stakeholders weighing in. By Makuer Nyieth Panjaak | Editor-in-Chief, Juba Global News Network May 12, 2026 | Ramallah, Palestine | Filed under: Breaking News The Decision: What It Means The announcement has been met with a mixed response. Supporters argue that the decision was necessary under the circumstances, while critics contend it could have unintended consequences. Legal experts have begun analyzing the decision’s implications under both domestic and internat…

Israeli occupiers destroy Palestinian village's only water line in West ... Home World Middle East Israeli occupiers destroy Palestinian village’s only water line in West Bank Israeli occupiers destroy Palestinian village’s only water line in West Bank Yenişafak English AA 08:28, 16/06/2026 , Tuesday U: Update: 08:28, 16/06/2026 , Tuesday AA See Yeni Şafak News More Often: Click and Add to Favorites on Google! File photo Israeli occupiers bulldozed the sole water pipeline serving Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah, cutting off running water to residents while paving a new settlement road. The village has seen escalating attacks from illegal settlements and outposts. Meanwhile, Israel plans to allocate $1.89 million to fund the extremist Hilltop Youth group. Israeli occupiers destroyed the only water supply line serving the Palestinian village of Umm Safa in the occupied West Bank on Monday, local sources told Anadolu. The sources said that occupiers bulldozed Palestinian land and destroyed the main water pipeline supplying the village, located northwest of Ramallah, while paving a new settlement road in the area. The attack left the village without running water. Umm Safa has…

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Israel/OPT: Israel's systematic destruction of high-rise buildings ... Israel’s unlawful and wanton destruction of civilian high-rise buildings continues to have devastating consequences for displaced Palestinian families in the occupied Gaza Strip, where reconstruction remains a distant dream amid ongoing genocide and air strikes despite the October 2025 so-called ceasefire, said Amnesty International today. To illustrate the gravity of the wanton destruction that Israeli forces have wreaked on Gaza, Amnesty International today releases an investigation of the Israeli military’s levelling of at least 13 multi-storey residential and commercial buildings across Gaza City between September and October 2025. The organization found that the Israeli military severely damaged and destroyed the high-rise buildings, which housed thousands of people – many of them internally displaced – by dropping multiple bombs on each building after forcing residents to leave with almost no notice, and called them to be  investigated as the war crimes of wanton destruction, collective punishment and direct attacks on civilian objects. Statements by Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz in the immediate …

Israeli forces storm West Bank cities, demolish homes, detain 120 ... September 17, 2025 at 7:53 pm The Israeli military conduct a raid in Ramallah and detain a Palestinian youth with his eyes blindsided, on September 16, 2025, in West Bank. Israeli troops have intensified restrictions across the West Bank and often open fire on people approaching the barrier. [Issam Rimawi – Anadolu Agency] Israeli forces on Wednesday stormed several Palestinian cities in the West Bank, demolished homes in the south, and carried out mass arrests as part of a widening campaign of raids in the occupied territory,Anadolu Agency reports. Witnesses said undercover units entered al-Bireh town near Ramallah before reinforcements arrived with armored vehicles in the al-Masyoun neighborhood. In Nablus, troops pushed into the eastern districts, deploying in the Musallakh area and the Balata refugee camp. In the Hebron province, local council head Mohammed Ribee said Israeli bulldozers leveled houses and caves in the village of Khirbet Khillet al-Daba, and destroyed tents, water pipes, sanitation units, and solar power cells. He noted that the operation wiped out the remaining shelters of families pr…

Israel shuts down orphan care association in West Bank, seizes ... October 21, 2025 at 8:15 pm Israeli forces take security measures after organizing a raid in Hebron, West Bank on October 9, 2025. [Amer Shallodi – Anadolu Agency] The Israeli army on Tuesday closed a Palestinian charity that provides care for orphans in the West Bank city of Hebron and confiscated office equipment and computers, a legal adviser said. An Israeli force raided the administrative offices of the Islamic Charitable Society and detained staff members for several hours on the top floor of the three-story building, Abdel Karim Farah, the association’s legal adviser, told Anadolu. He said the troops searched the offices, located in the Al-Hawouz area, before seizing office equipment and computers, releasing the staff, and sealing the building, without providing an explanation for the closure or how long it would remain in effect. Founded in 1961, the organization provides care for orphans and operates schools for boys and girls as well as running Quran memorization centers in Hebron. READ:11 Palestinians wounded by Israeli army fire, settler attacks in West Bank It is one of the most prominent nongov…

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers take over Palestinian's under-construction dream home <p>Palestinian Mohammad Salameh was building a home for his family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where his recently engaged son was meant to start married life. Instead, before construction was complete, a group of Israeli settlers seized the property.</p> <p>Video filmed earlier in the week and verified by <em>Reuters</em> showed at least six settlers moving around on the roof of the two-storey house, which sits below a nearby hill.</p> <p>Salameh said appeals to the Israeli military and police brought no help. Now he fears his home, which like many others in the Palestinian territory is surrounded by Israeli settlements and smaller outposts, is lost forever. Other houses in the area could suffer the same fate, he said.</p> <p>“Only God knows, if there is law and order then they will leave,” Salameh said. “If they succeed in taking one, then the rest will follow.”</p> <p><em>Reuters</em> was unable to reach the settlers for comment. One of them could be seen walking on the house’s roof on Thursday.</p> <figure class='media w-full sm:w-full media-- ' data-original-src='https://i.d…

Power grabs, demolitions, illegal settlements: What lies behind Israeli ... February 9, 2026 at 7:02 pm Displaced Palestinians in the Nur Shams Refugee Camp, located in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, staged a protest to demand the right to return to their homes, stating that the Israeli army has systematically demolished houses, altering the camp’s geographical and demographic structure on February 09, 2026. [Nedal Eshtayah – Anadolu Agency] An analytical paper issued by the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now has explained the details and objectives behind recent decisions by Israel’s Security Cabinet on the occupied West Bank,Anadolureports. In its paper released late Sunday, the Israeli movement said the decisions include “a series of measures that will allow Israelis to purchase land in the territories almost without limitation and without government oversight.” These measures “will give a small number of settlers the power to determine political facts on the ground without government intervention, and will open the door to an industry of forged real-estate transactions,” it added. Peace Now noted that the Security Cabinet also decided to strip the Palestinia…

Israel flattens refugee camp homes in famine-hit Gaza City Israel has launched heavy bombardments on a densely populated refugee camp in Gaza City, flattening several homes and destroying a school that was sheltering internally displaced people. The al-Shati refugee camp, which spans just over half a square kilometre, has in recent days become a refuge for tens of thousands of Palestinians fleeing Israel’s escalating assault on other parts of the city. On Thursday, Israeli forces launched a series of intense air strikes on the camp, levelling at least 12 residential buildings and leaving scores more families without shelter. Footage circulating online shows widespread destruction across the area, including the ruins of homes belonging to several Palestinian families, as civilians flee the ongoing shelling. The escalating attacks on Gaza City in the past month follow Israel’s approval of a plan to seize control of the city ahead of a broader occupation of the Gaza Strip. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Since then, the city has witnessed some of the deadlie…

Israeli settlers torch Palestinian vehicles and homes in West Bank village - ABC17NEWS CNN - World By CNN Newsource Published November 17, 2025 3:01 PM By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Dozens of Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicles and homes on fire in a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after Israeli forces tore down settlers’ illegal outpost structures in the area. Two videos geolocated by CNN show multiple vehicles and a building on fire following the attack in Jab’a, a Palestinian village about 15 kilometers (nine miles) southwest of Bethlehem. Villagers struggled to extinguish the flames, the videos show. A surveillance camera in Jab’a captured dozens of masked men entering a home and setting fire to vehicles. The head of the Jab’a village council, Diab Masha’leh, told Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, on Monday that the settlers attacked the village and set fire to three inhabited homes and three vehicles. He said the villagers were able to extinguish the fires “without any reported injuries” but that “severe material damage was inflicted on the targeted homes and vehicles.” The attack is the latest in a surge of i…

Israeli bulldozers demolish most of a West Bank hamlet, displacing ... Israeli military bulldozers demolished most of a Palestinian village in the Israeli West Bank on Monday, taking out infrastructure and leaving residents wandering amid the rubble of their homes. (AP video shot by Amer Abdeen) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military bulldozers demolished most of a Palestinian Bedouin village in theIsraeli-occupied West Bankon Monday, taking out the hamlet’s infrastructure and leaving residents wandering amid the rubble of their homes. The bulldozers rolled into Khalet Al-Dab in the morning, taking down most of the village’s structures, saidBasel Adra, a filmmaker, journalist and activistfrom the area. Nine homes, five tents and five animal pens were demolished, said Mohammed Rabia, head of the village council in the area. COGAT, the Israeli military body responsible for administrative affairs in the occupied West Bank, said it demolished the buildings because they were built illegally in an area designated as a closed firing zone. Palestinians have long said that securing Israeli permission to build in the West Bank is nearly impossible. Ali Dababsa, 87, a shepherd who watched th…

#GAZA #ISRAEL #TORTURE "Gazans mould homes from clay in desperate effort to escape life in tents #Israel continues to block entry of bldg materials more than 8months after ceasefire that ended the worst of the fighting. #Almost all bldgs have been destroyed by2years of Israeli bombardment."

Far-Right Israeli Minister Prays At Flashpoint Holy Site As Aid ... Warning: Graphic images below. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A far-right Israeli minister visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the provocative move could further escalate tensions. The visit came as hospitals in Gaza reported that 27 more Palestinians seeking food aid were killed by Israeli fire. With Israel already facing global criticism over famine-like conditions in the besieged strip, the visit by Itamar Ben-Gvir to the hillside compound threatened to further set back efforts by international mediators to halt Israel’s nearly two-year military offensive in the Gaza Strip. The area, which Jews call the Temple Mount, is the holiest site in Judaism and was home to the ancient biblical temples. Muslims call the site the Noble Sanctuary. Today it is home to the Al Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam. Advertisement Visits are considered a provocation across the Muslim world and openly praying violates a longstanding status quo at the combustible site. Under the status quo, Jews have been allowed to tour the site but are bar…

Israeli Soldiers Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 ... Israeli Soldiers Killed Gaza Aid Workers at Point Blank Range in 2025 Massacre: Report A minute-by-minute reconstruction of the massacre by Earshot and Forensic Architecture found Israeli soldiers fired over 900 bullets at the aid workers, killing 15. Sharif Abdel Kouddous Feb 23, 2026 711 25 259 Share Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today . Funerals held at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza, for aid workers from the Palestinian Red Crescent who were killed in an Israeli attack in Tel al-Sultan. March 31, 2025. Photo by Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images. Israeli soldiers fired nearly a thousand bullets during the massacre of 15 Palestinian aid workers in southern Gaza on March 23, 2025—with at least eight shots fired at point blank range—according to a joint investigation by the independent research groups Earshot and Forensic Architecture. The report, based on eyewitness testimony and audio and visual analysis, shows that a number of aid wo…

Over 300 Palestinian-Bedouin face forced evictions following mass home ... The Israeli authorities’ demolition on 8 May 2024 of 47 homes in Wadi al-Khalil, an unrecognized Palestinian/Bedouin village in the Negev/Naqab, without proper consultation or compensation underscores the urgency to dismantle Israel’s apartheid system, said Amnesty International today. The demolition orders against the Abu Assa neighbourhood in Wadi al-Khalil were issued by Israeli planning authorities in 2019 to make way for the extension of the route of Highway 6 southwards. The demolitions, the highest in a single day since the demolitions of Al-Araqib in 2010, amount to the forced eviction of over 300 residents of Wadi al-Khalil, one of nine unrecognized villages at risk of forced eviction under the guise of urban development. “The scenes of hyper-militarized police units, including the notorious Yoav and border police units, storming Wadi al-Khalil to bulldoze homes and confiscate residents’ belongings are yet another chilling demonstration of the cruelty and ongoing injustices and human rights violations meted by Israeli authorities upon Palestinian citizens of Israel, especially those living in the N…

Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza City, demolishes office building - Xinhua Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2025-09-08 22:57:45 Smoke raises from the "Vision" tower following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on Sept. 8, 2025. Israeli forces intensified airstrikes on Gaza City on Monday, including the demolition of the "Vision" tower, a 14-story office building, in the western part of the city. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua) JERUSALEM/GAZA, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces intensified airstrikes on Gaza City on Monday, including the demolition of a multi-story office building in the western part of the city, after warning residents to evacuate. According to video footage and eyewitnesses, the 14-story "Vision" tower was struck twice before collapsing. Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua that the repeated targeting of residential buildings is forcing civilians to flee their homes under military pressure. "There is no safe place, and everyone is a target," he said. Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported that the building housed media outlets, including the Qatar-based TV channel Al-Araby. Nearby were tent camps for displaced Palestinians, ma…

Israeli forces demolish two houses in Ramallah, detain four Palestinians in Jenin <article data-history-node-id="443715" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-demolish-two-houses-ramallah-detain-four-palestinians" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-demolish-two-houses-ramallah-detain-four-palestinians" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces demolish two houses in Ramallah, detain four Palestinians in Jenin</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Citing head of the Shuqba Village Council, Khalaf Qadah, WAFA reported that Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the al-Attari area of the village and demolished a house belonging to Wael Salama Qadah and another belonging to the son of Abdul Qader Shalash.&nbsp;</p> <p>The combined area of the two homes was approximately 330 square meters. Qadah said the forces fired stun grenades at residents during the demolition.</p> <p>WAFA reported that Israeli forces detained four Pale…

Video shows Jewish settlers attacking a Palestinian hamlet | AP News JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens ofJewish settlerscarrying clubs, rocks and bottles of flammable liquid strode into the Palestinian hamlet of Susiya and set fire to vehicles, security camera footage obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday shows. Susiya is in the hills of the southernWest Bank, where Palestinians often experience settler attacks and whose plight was depicted in last year’s Oscar-winning documentary, “No Other Land.” Just under a year ago, asettler attack on the villagesent a director of the film to the hospital with injuries from a beating. The footage of Tuesday’s attack is the most recent demonstration of what Palestinians in this area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank say they routinely face. Settler attacks had been increasing for years but spiked after Oct. 7, 2023, when a Hamas-led attack sparked thewar in Gaza. The Israeli military said soldiers and police went to the area after receiving reports of fire. It said officers searched for suspects but didn’t say whether they found or arrested anyone. It said an investigation was opened. Tuesday’s attack occurred around 8 p.m., according to tim…

Israeli settlers torch Palestinian vehicles and homes in West Bank ... Protesters clash with Israeli security forces as Tzur Misgavi, an unauthorized Israeli settler outpost, is dismantled by security forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday, November 17. Naama Stern/Reuters The Middle East Investing Immigration See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! Follow Jerusalem — Dozens of Israeli settlers set Palestinian vehicles and homes on fire in a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday after Israeli forces tore down settlers’ illegal outpost structures in the area. Two videos geolocated by CNN show multiple vehicles and a building on fire following the attack in Jab’a, a Palestinian village about 15 kilometers (nine miles) southwest of Bethlehem. Villagers struggled to extinguish the flames, the videos show. A surveillance camera in Jab’a captured dozens of masked men entering a home and setting fire to vehicles. The head of the Jab’a village council, Diab Masha’leh, told Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, on Monday that the settlers attacked the village and set fire to three inhabited homes and three vehicles. He said the villagers were a…

Europe Pushes Back as Israel Moves To Secure Gaza City Freetown has confirmed that the country will temporarily host migrants expelled from the United States, giving them 90 days to return to their home nations. Teenagers are accused of plotting a trip to Rotterdam where they aimed to commit multiple ‘arson for hire’ attacks. Two Starmer-linked addresses and one of his old cars were torched on the instructions of a mysterious Russian handler. Palestinians walk on a dirt road in a makeshift displacement camp on the Gaza City beachfront on August 8, 2025, across from the Ayan Hotel, formerly Al-Mashtal. Israel’s military will take control of Gaza City under a new plan approved by the Israeli security cabinet, touching off a wave of criticism from both inside and outside the country. Bashar Taleb / AFP Several European countries have jointlycondemnedIsrael’s plan to take over Gaza City as part of the ongoing offensive against Hamas launched after the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks, expressing concerns about the potential humanitarian and political consequences. After Israel’s security cabinetapprovedPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan for the army to take military cont…

Bedouin families left homeless as Israel demolishes Negev village ... A large contingent of Israeli police forces on Wednesday raided the unrecognised Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Sir in the Negev (Naqab) desert and destroyed al-Omrani neighbourhood, including 40 homes and other structures. Plumes of dark smoke rose over the village as residents, who had tried until the last moment to reach a compromise with the authorities, set fire to most of the homes using tyres. Hundreds of police officers - some riding dirt bikes, all-terrain vehicles and horses - stormed the neighbourhood, where residents had been relocated by the authorities in the 1950s from a nearby area. Al-Sir is the largest village in the country to be subject to demolition orders so far. Residents were informed by the police the day before that the cost of the demolition, which would be charged to them, was 3 million shekels (nearly $900,000). New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Before police forces arrived, Tawfiq al-Omrani, 50, was clearing out the home of his 85-year-old mother, who reli…

Israel's settlement expansion drives mass displacement in West Bank ... Press Release Israel’s settlement expansion drives mass displacement in West Bank – UN report 17 March 2026 GENEVA (17 March 2026) – The Government of Israel has accelerated unlawful settlement expansion and annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, forcibly displacing over 36,000 Palestinians amid increasing violence by Israeli security forces and settlers, says a UN Human Rights Office report . The report, which covers the 12-month period up to 31 October 2025, documents 1,732 incidents of settler violence resulting in casualties or property damage, compared to 1,400 in the previous reporting period. This includes relentless harassment, intimidation, and destruction of homes and farmland. “Settler violence continued in a coordinated, strategic and largely unchallenged manner, with Israeli authorities playing the central role in directing, participating in or enabling this conduct,” the report says, making it difficult to distinguish between State and settler violence. Longstanding and pervasive impunity is “facilitating and encouraging violence against and harassment of P…

PCHR: Ongoing Genocide – Israel Escalates Destruction of Residential Blocks, Entrench Forced Displacement and Settlement in Gaza | https://www.europesays.com/iran/158711/ Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) | June 13, 2026 – The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue…