Israeli army demolishes more homes in West Bank
Israel has carried out two more demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports. Israeli forces stormed Kafr Abbush, south of Tulkarem, and the city of Tubas before demolishing a house in each location with explosives.
One home belonged to the family of two Palestinian prisoners, and the second to the family of a suspect killed in an attack on an Israeli military checkpoint in February.
Israeli forces also besieged a house in the al-Marah neighbourhood of Jenin, Wafa said.
Israel has demolished several houses in the West Bank belonging to Palestinians accused of carrying out attacks, since a deadly shooting in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday.
Eleven Palestinians displaced by latest West Bank demolitions
We have more details on Israel’s two latest punitive demolitions of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank.
The demolition of a home in Kafr Abbush, south of Tulkarem, destroyed the homes of two prisoners, Abdulla and Abdulrahman Thafer, who are accused of aiding Palestinians in killing an Israeli settler near Qalqilya in June 2024.
The demolition, carried out with explosives, displaced four of their family members who lived on the property, locals told Al Jazeera.
The other demolition in Tubas destroyed the family home of Muhammad Daraghmeh, who was killed in a shooting attack near an Israeli military checkpoint in Tayasir in February. At least seven people were displaced in the demolition.
The UN has documented the Israeli demolition of 72 Palestinian homes as a punitive measure since October 2023, displacing 340 Palestinians.
A home destroyed by Israeli forces in Kafr Abbush, south of Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank. The home belonged to two Palestinian brothers accused of aiding an attack that killed an Israeli settler in June 2024
Child shot, injured in Israeli incursion in Jenin
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says a child has been wounded by live ammunition during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The Wafa news agency, citing PRCS, said the 14-year-old boy was brought to a hospital after he was shot in the back and pelvis by Israeli soldiers in the al-Marah neighbourhood of Jenin.
Israeli forces stormed the area, surrounded a house, and demanded its occupants surrender as they fired live rounds, while drones flew overhead.
Disabled Palestinian man wounded in Israeli settler attack in occupied West Bank
A disabled Palestinian man has been wounded in an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Yabrud, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports. Local sources told the news agency that the man sustained head injuries.
In the wake of the attack, Israeli forces stormed the village and fired tear gas at residents’ homes, Wafa reported.
Israeli forces arrest mayor of Palestinian town in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have arrested the mayor of al-Qubeiba, a town in the Jerusalem governorate in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. Nafez Hamouda was detained during a raid on his home, it said.
