Early on Thursday, Israeli occupation forces demolished a two-story home under construction in the southern area of the village of Al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army claimed that the house, belonging to Palestinian citizen Wajeeh Mousa Abu Alia, was built without a permit from the Israeli-run Civil Administration Office. However, the home was licensed by the local village council.
The head of the village council, Amin Abu Alia, confirmed the demolition and described it as part of a broader campaign to uproot Palestinian presence.
Al-Mughayyir has faced escalating attacks in recent months: olive groves burned, livestock stolen, families assaulted.
The village is located in Area C of the occupied West Bank. This classification places it under full Israeli civil and military control, including authority over planning and zoning. For Palestinian residents, this designation translates into a regime of near-total administrative obstruction.
Al-Mughayyir lies in a corridor of intense settler activity and land confiscation. Its strategic location makes it a frequent target for military invasions and colonizer violence. The village has endured repeated assaults, including the destruction of olive groves and attacks on farmers, all under the protection of Israeli forces.
Palestinians in Area C face systematic rejection of building permit applications. This bureaucratic blockade serves as the legal pretext for home demolitions, such as the one carried out in Al-Mughayyir on Thursday. The denial of permits is not incidental—it is a deliberate mechanism of displacement.
As illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers expand their outposts and the Israeli government continues to authorize new colonies, Palestinian homes are demolished, and construction is effectively frozen under the guise of legal procedure.
