Israeli army prepares to demolish homes of Palestinians allegedly implicated in attack
The Israeli military has said it is preparing to demolish the occupied West Bank homes of two Palestinian men it has accused of assisting in the killing of an Israeli settler earlier this month.
“Engineering forces and fighters from the Ephraim Brigade operated in the village of [Burqin] to map the homes of terrorists Maher Samara and Jamil Samara, who helped terrorist Nael Samara carry out the shooting attack … in which the late Tzeela Gez was murdered and another Israeli citizen was injured,” it said in a post on X.
Tzeela Gez, a pregnant Israeli settler, was fatally wounded on May 14 when shots were fired at her vehicle as she travelled to hospital to give birth.
As we previously reported, Israeli settlers also attacked Burqin on Thursday night, setting fire to several houses and vehicles and wounding several people.
In pictures: Last night, Israeli settler militias attacked the town of Bruqin in the central occupied West Bank, setting several parked vehicles on fire.
The attack came only a few hours after the Israeli army withdraw from the town after a week-long offensive and curfew. pic.twitter.com/qJiSCDv2Dt
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 23, 2025
Israeli operation has killed 91 Palestinians in besieged West Bank refugee camps: Al-Haq
Israel has been carrying out a vicious, large-scale military assault on governorates in the north of the occupied West Bank over the past 120 days, according to a report by Al-Haq, a Ramallah-based rights group.
The military operation has involved “snipers, the recourse to air strikes through reconnaissance drones and Apache helicopters, and an array of military vehicles, including D9 and D10 bulldozers, tanks and Eitan armoured personnel carriers”, the Al-Haq report states.
The rights group also said between January 21 and May 16, 2025, the Israeli army besieged refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, killing 91 Palestinians, including 13 children and three women, and extensively destroyed infrastructure and homes, in Jenin, Tulkarem, Tubas and Nablus.
In Jenin alone, the military killed 40 Palestinians, including seven children and one woman, and destroyed at least 430 structures, according to Al-Haq.
About 16,600 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced from their homes in the Jenin refugee camp alone due to Israeli attacks, with many of their houses and the camp’s infrastructure destroyed, it added.
Israeli military vehicles operate during an Israeli raid in the Jenin refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank, in March 2025
Palestinians injured as settlers rampage through the West Bank
Israeli settlers have attacked a community of Bruqin in the occupied West Bank, setting fire to cars and houses. Several Palestinians suffered burns. Watch below for scenes from the ground:
