A member of the Al-Hirsh family sits atop the ruins of a house after it was demolished by Israeli bulldozers, in the village of Al-Rihaya, south the occupied-West Bank city of Hebron on April 10, 2025. AFP
Since 21 January 2025, the Israeli army has intensified assaults on refugee camps, towns, and cities in the northern West Bank. On Thursday, two homes in Tulkarm were demolished, one of which belonged to the family of detainee Mohammed Shahrour, local sources told Al Jazeera.
In the village of Shufa, a home was destroyed under the pretext of illegal construction, with Israeli forces using tear gas and rubber-coated bullets to disperse homeowners and their supporters, injuring one.
Three additional homes were demolished in Al-Ruhayya, south of Hebron.
In tandem, Israeli forces arrested 15 Palestinians overnight during raids in the West Bank, including a journalist and a woman, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club.
Since the start of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, the Israeli army and settlers have killed at least 947 Palestinians in the West Bank and injured more than 7,000 others.
Since February, Israeli forces have demolished or slated for demolition over 746 homes across the northern West Bank, including 600 residential units in Jenin, and affected around 1,220 families, according to a situational report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Additionally, 200 families from Tulkarm city have been evacuated, with many displaced Palestinians seeking refuge with relatives.
In tandem, Israeli occupation forces have arrested over 16,400 Palestinians from the West Bank, many without trial, a figure that more than doubles previous years' arrests, according to rights group B'Tselem.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has warned that Israel's escalation in the West Bank is part of a broader effort to annex the occupied territory. This move could undermine the internationally backed two-state solution.
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