Israeli forces demolish structures in Masafer Yatta
Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq says Israeli forces have again attacked the occupied West Bank community featured in the Oscar-winning film No Other Land.
According to Al-Haq, Israeli soldiers, using bulldozers, demolished 11 residential structures, seven caves, five livestock pens, six water wells and two tents in Masafer Yatta on Monday.
They also destroyed water tanks, electricity grids and solar panels surrounding the houses, leaving Palestinian residents and their livestock stranded without water or electricity, with nowhere to go, it said.
Today, 5 May, Israeli forces have demolished several structures in Khallet Al-Dabe’ in Masafer Yatta, incl. 11 residential structures, 7 caves, 5 livestock pens, 6 water wells, 2 tents, using #Hyundai bulldozers. 1/4 https://t.co/YejHJDjZEo
— Al-Haq الحق (@alhaq_org) May 5, 2025
Palestinians watch as Israeli forces demolish homes in West Bank refugee camp
An Israeli army excavator demolishes a Palestinian building in the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem, on Monday
Families from the Nur Shams camp for Palestinian refugees watch from an overlooking hill as an Israeli military bulldozer demolishes a home in the camp east of Tulkarem, on Monday
Four more arrested in latest West Bank raids
Israeli forces have made more arrests during raids across the occupied West Bank. Among those arrested are:
- a former prisoner from Nablus;
- a former prisoner from Bani Naim, near Hebron; and
- two young men from the town of Salfit and nearby az-Zawiya.
Since the Gaza war began, Israeli forces have conducted near-daily arrest campaigns in the West Bank, holding many detainees without charge under its system of “administrative detention”.
Israeli forces to demolish 15 West Bank homes today: Report
Israeli forces are preparing to tear down dozens of homes – 90 in total – in the Tulkarem and Nur Shams camps in the occupied West Bank, reports The Times of Israel.
Citing the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the report said Palestinian residents were given just five hours to gather their belongings and leave the homes.
The first 15 of 90 homes slated for demolition will be demolished today, said COGAT, according to The Times of Israel.
