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Israeli Forces Raze Six Palestinian Homes Across West Bank in One Day
(MENAFN) Israeli army bulldozers demolished six Palestinian homes and a carpentry workshop across the West Bank on Monday, in the latest wave of demolitions to sweep the occupied territory.
Five of the homes were leveled in the town of Barta'a, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, displacing dozens of residents, Barta'a council chief Ghassan Qabha told media.
Qabha said the razed structures were part of a broader demolition campaign targeting 20 homes in the town, with Israeli authorities citing the absence of building permits as justification.
"An Israeli court rejected an appeal filed by residents against the demolition order for 20 Palestinian homes in the town on the pretext they were built without permits in areas classified as Area C under the Oslo Accords," he said.
He condemned the campaign as a deliberate act of forced displacement, charging that the demolitions are part of "a policy aimed at expelling and displacing the Palestinian residents from the town" — leaving dozens of families without shelter.
Barta'a sits behind Israel's separation wall and falls administratively under the Jenin Governorate, with its residents holding Palestinian identity cards.
Further south, Israeli forces struck Khirbet Qalqas, south of Hebron, bringing down a two-story home and a carpentry workshop in the same operation.
"Israeli occupation forces stormed Khirbet Qalqas, and demolished our two-story home, which housed five people," said Abdul Rahman Abu Sneineh, a son of the homeowner.
"Israeli forces also bulldozed the surrounding land and walls, uprooted several fruit trees, and demolished a carpentry workshop in the village," he added.
Palestinians say Israeli authorities make it virtually impossible to obtain construction permits in Area C — a designation that covers roughly 61% of the occupied West Bank and remains under full Israeli control under the 1995 Oslo II Accord.
The demolitions come months after the Israeli government approved a measure in February permitting authorities to register vast stretches of West Bank land as state property — the first such move since 1967.
The broader human toll across the occupied West Bank continues to mount. Since October 2023, Palestinian officials have reported 1,169 deaths, 12,666 injuries, nearly 23,000 arrests, and the displacement of approximately 33,000 people.
Five of the homes were leveled in the town of Barta'a, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, displacing dozens of residents, Barta'a council chief Ghassan Qabha told media.
Qabha said the razed structures were part of a broader demolition campaign targeting 20 homes in the town, with Israeli authorities citing the absence of building permits as justification.
"An Israeli court rejected an appeal filed by residents against the demolition order for 20 Palestinian homes in the town on the pretext they were built without permits in areas classified as Area C under the Oslo Accords," he said.
He condemned the campaign as a deliberate act of forced displacement, charging that the demolitions are part of "a policy aimed at expelling and displacing the Palestinian residents from the town" — leaving dozens of families without shelter.
Barta'a sits behind Israel's separation wall and falls administratively under the Jenin Governorate, with its residents holding Palestinian identity cards.
Further south, Israeli forces struck Khirbet Qalqas, south of Hebron, bringing down a two-story home and a carpentry workshop in the same operation.
"Israeli occupation forces stormed Khirbet Qalqas, and demolished our two-story home, which housed five people," said Abdul Rahman Abu Sneineh, a son of the homeowner.
"Israeli forces also bulldozed the surrounding land and walls, uprooted several fruit trees, and demolished a carpentry workshop in the village," he added.
Palestinians say Israeli authorities make it virtually impossible to obtain construction permits in Area C — a designation that covers roughly 61% of the occupied West Bank and remains under full Israeli control under the 1995 Oslo II Accord.
The demolitions come months after the Israeli government approved a measure in February permitting authorities to register vast stretches of West Bank land as state property — the first such move since 1967.
The broader human toll across the occupied West Bank continues to mount. Since October 2023, Palestinian officials have reported 1,169 deaths, 12,666 injuries, nearly 23,000 arrests, and the displacement of approximately 33,000 people.
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