Israeli forces demolish West Bank home as settler attacks continue

Summary

Middle East Eye's live blog, citing Wafa, reports that Israeli forces demolished an inhabited two-storey home near Bethlehem on Tuesday, citing a lack of building permit, and prevented the family from removing their belongings. The Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission said Israeli forces and settlers carried out 13 attacks and violations against Palestinians and their property that day, including assaults on farmers, theft of crops, equipment and sheep, damage to trees, home raids, road closures and the expansion of a settler outpost. A settler deliberately rammed a village council head's vehicle east of Bethlehem on Tuesday night, causing severe damage, the council head told Wafa. Separately, local sources told Wafa that Israeli forces detained, blindfolded and abused several young Palestinian men during a raid in Tulkarm, and used a Palestinian resident as a human shield while searching homes in a nearby suburb.

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1. Middle East Eye

   20 Oct 2026, 19:54 UTCSource ↗

   Middle East Eye reports, citing Wafa, that Israeli forces demolished an inhabited two-storey home near Bethlehem on Tuesday over a lack of building permit and prevented the family from removing their belongings.