Israeli authorities demolished a Palestinian house in the West Bank village of Al-Hijra on Monday, south of Hebron.
Anti-settlement activist Iyad Masharqa stated that military forces raided the Al-Qasr neighbourhood during the operation. They targeted a 200-square-metre home belonging to Fida Al-Atiri.
Authorities carried out the demolition because the building lacked a permit. Israel routinely denies Palestinians building permits across the occupied territories.
According to the Palestine News Agency, troops destroyed multiple fruit-bearing trees during the raid. They also levelled the surrounding land, smashed stone retaining walls, and destroyed a water well belonging to the property owner.
Israel maintains a military-run regime over civilian and security matters concerning Palestinian lives in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Troops captured both territories in June 1967, and Jewish settlements continue to expand illegally in the same areas.
Israeli forces also occupy nearly 70 percent of the Gaza Strip. War erupted in the coastal enclave after October 2023, and the Israeli regime currently faces charges of war crimes and genocide in the occupied territories.
Military activity in Hebron has intensified since an attack on October 23 left two soldiers shot and dead. An 11-day military siege followed the incident, displacing more than 4,000 people from their homes.
Troops withdrew from the area earlier this month, allowing many residents to return. Numerous families found their properties damaged or completely demolished upon coming back.
