On Wednesday, Israeli occupation forces demolished a Palestinian home in the town of Anata, east of occupied East Jerusalem, in the West Bank, for the second time.
The house, owned by Raed Hajjaj Fheidat and spanning approximately 100 square meters, was destroyed under the pretext of lacking a building permit—a justification routinely used to target Palestinian structures.
It is worth mentioning that back on February 24, 2022, the Israeli army demolished Fheidat’s two-story home for the first time, in addition to demolishing another home, owned by Mahmoud Abu Halima.
According to the Jerusalem Governorate, this demolition is part of a broader Israeli policy aimed at obstructing Palestinian urban expansion and erasing existing infrastructure near the Annexation Wall, which cuts through privately owned Palestinian land.
Anata has witnessed near-weekly demolitions, alongside widespread distribution of evacuation and demolition orders affecting dozens of homes and structures.
Also Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a residential structure in the village of Marj Ghazal, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank’s northeastern region, as part of a broader campaign targeting Palestinian housing in the Jordan Valley.
The demolitions are often justified by claims that the properties lie within so-called “buffer zones,” or areas slated for colonial infrastructure projects serving illegal Israeli colonies, in addition to the claim of being built without permits from the Israeli occupation authorities.
The Jerusalem Governorate emphasized that such policies form part of a systematic campaign to uproot the Indigenous Palestinian population and impose deeper Israeli control over the areas surrounding Jerusalem.
The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, said Israeli forces carried out 25 demolitions in October alone, targeting 28 structures—17 homes and 11 agricultural facilities—and issued demolition warnings for 30 additional properties.
