The Israeli occupation forces have launched a new wave of aggression and violence across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in recent days, terrorizing Palestinian communities with a surge in home demolitions, raids, searches, arrests, and attacks on residents and property.
On Monday, Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home in the town of Bruqin west of Salfit, while continuing their relentless raids on Bruqin and the nearby town of Kafr ad-Dik for the fifth straight day. Another home was cruelly demolished in the village of Shuqba west of Ramallah.
Israeli bulldozers continue their demolition of a building in the village of Bruqin in the central occupied West Bank, citing construction without Israeli permission as a pretext for the demolition. pic.twitter.com/GBiBpK7hnP
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In the Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, occupation forces violently arrested two young men, Muhammad al-Hawtari and Mu’min al-Maskawi. The occupation military also barged into homes to arrest former prisoner Omar Samir Ahmed and Kamal Bani Odeh in Tubas.
A Palestinian youth was shot and injured by Israeli army gunfire this afternoon in the town of Sa’ir, south of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. pic.twitter.com/fxWrN8JdJ6
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 19, 2025
Seven more Palestinians were detained in Bethlehem – Musa Awad, Anas Muhammad Abu Ahour, Muhammad Khaled Abu Ammar, Muhammad Raed Abayat, Khalil Hassan al-Nabhan, Shadi Muhammad al-Hashlamoun and Ammar Ali Taqatqa, after occupation forces stormed and ransacked their families’ residences in the town of Beit Fajjar.
In occupied East Jerusalem, Asem Idris Hamouda was arrested in his hometown of al-Qubayba as Israeli forces raided more homes in Beit Anan.
Israeli bulldozers knock down a house in the village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, under the pretext of construction without Israeli permission. pic.twitter.com/Iefi9KfO2M
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 19, 2025
This dangerous escalation of Israeli military aggression and collective punishment against Palestinians in the West Bank comes in tandem with the ongoing bombardment and slaughter Israel is inflicting on the besieged Gaza Strip.
Demolitions in the Negev
The occupation also demolished approximately 16 homes in the village of al-Sir in the Negev, in southern occupied Palestine, under the pretext of “building without a permit.”
Israeli army bulldozers continue their systematic demolitions of homes in the Nour Shams refugee camp, north of the occupied West Bank, for the third week in a row.
Three weeks ago, the Israeli army handed notices of its intention to demolish dozens of homes in the camp and the… pic.twitter.com/ZRnkUEKAuA
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 19, 2025
It should be noted that the occupation deprives homes in most villages in the Negev of water and electricity networks. These networks were established in 40 villages prior to 1948, and the occupation is working to end their existence.
Source: Agencies (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
