Israeli forces demolish Palestinian’s home in Bethlehem
Israeli soldiers have demolished the house of a Palestinian in al-Maara village, which is south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Footage below, published by Palestinian platforms and verified by Al Jazeera, shows bulldozers bringing down the four-storey house as Israeli attacks continue to escalate in the area.
#شاهد.. لحظة هدم الاحتلال لبناية سكنية في قرية مراح معلا جنوب مدينة بيت لحم. pic.twitter.com/NF1YTRhUdX
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) July 14, 2025
Israeli settlers set up tents, uproot olive trees in West Bank
Israeli settlers have set up tents and uprooted hundreds of olive trees in al-Maniya village, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Head of the village council, Zayed Kawazba, told Wafa news agency that a group of settlers stormed al-Qarn in the centre of al-Maniya, set up four tents and uprooted approximately 1,500 olive saplings belonging to families from the al-Motawer and Jabarin clans.
In the first half of 2025, settlers established 23 new outposts, with full protection from the Israeli army. During the same period, settlers carried out 2,153 recorded attacks, killing four Palestinians.
West Bank church leaders appeal for help over settler attacks
The 5th century Church of St George was attacked by Israeli settlers in Taybeh. Church leaders have been calling this a “systemic and targeted attack” against Christians.
About 50,000 of them live in the occupied West Bank, a small but very proud minority, and they also consider themselves under attack, not just because they’re Christians but because they’re Palestinians.
But still, this is something the church is very worried about. It’s been trying for years to enhance the steadfastness of the Christian community in Palestine and get them to stay as long as possible, but these acts of settler attacks are not helping.
We’ve been seeing how Israeli settlers have been pushing them out of their lands, out of their homes. That’s why we’ve seen members of the community, priests as well as heads of churches in Jerusalem, deliver statements to the European Union, to these representatives of 20 countries, that they should intervene to do something when it comes to holding settlers accountable.
Israeli settlers set fire to vehicles in occupied West Bank village
The village of Burqa, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, has just been attacked by Israeli settlers.
Residents said a group of settlers stormed the village and torched several cars, with flames spreading to the surrounding land. Dozens of Palestinians rushed to contain the fires and repel the settlers, while trying to stop the blaze from reaching nearby homes.
