Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian home on Wednesday in the town of Beit Awwa, west of Hebron, and leveled an agricultural room and a water collection pool in the nearby town of Beit Ummar north of the city in the occupied West Bank’s southern part.
Yousef Sweiti, head of the Beit Awwa Municipality, stated that Israeli soldiers and military bulldozers invaded the eastern side of the town and demolished the home of Tareq Yasser Masalma.
The single‑story structure measured roughly 180 square meters and had been built to house his family.
Sweiti noted that this is the second home demolished in the same area in less than a week, adding that several other families have received demolition notices. He said the pattern reflects an effort to prevent Palestinian presence in the area and facilitate the expansion of nearby Israeli colonies.
In addition, media activist Mohammad Awad said Israeli forces demolished an agricultural room and filled in a water collection pool used for irrigation in the Thaghret al‑Shabak area of Beit Ummar. Both structures belonged to resident Nabil Breighith.
Awad added that the demolition was carried out despite an Israeli court order temporarily halting the process.
He noted that several farmers in the area had previously received demolition notices targeting water wells and agricultural pools, part of a broader effort to restrict Palestinian agricultural activity.
Residents in both towns said the demolitions are part of an escalating campaign aimed at tightening control over Palestinian land and enabling further colonial expansion in the Hebron district.
