Israeli occupation army demolished a home and agricultural structures on Thursday in and around the city of Jericho, continuing a pattern of intensified demolitions across the Jordan Valley and eastern West Bank.
Israeli forces accompanied by military bulldozers stormed the town of al-Diouk al‑Tahta, west of Jericho, and demolished a house belonging to a Jerusalem‑resident Palestinian, Daoud Sarhan, claiming it lacked a building permit.
The forces then moved to a nearby agricultural area, where they demolished a palm‑farming structure belonging to the Abu Jarrar company.
In a separate action east of Jericho, Israeli authorities delivered a demolition notice targeting another palm‑farming structure owned by the Sonoqrot family, part of a broader campaign that has increasingly targeted agricultural infrastructure in the Jordan Valley.
These demolitions come amid a sustained escalation against Palestinian construction and farming activity in the area, where Israel continues to impose severe restrictions while expanding settlement infrastructure and tightening control over land and movement.
A recent report by the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission documented 538 demolition operations carried out by Israeli authorities over the past year, resulting in the destruction of 1,400 Palestinian structures.
These included 304 inhabited homes, 74 uninhabited homes, 270 economic facilities, and 490 agricultural structures.
The highest concentration of demolitions occurred in the governorates of Hebron, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Tubas, and Nablus, reflecting a systematic effort to undermine Palestinian presence and development across the occupied West Bank.
