On Monday, Israeli forces demolished two houses and a number of facilities belonging to Palestinians in the governorates of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that Israeli forces stormed the Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan, south of occupied Jerusalem, on Monday morning, accompanied by bulldozers.
Occupation forces demolished the two-story house belonging to the citizen Fayez Awad, a shed belonging to the Ruwaidi family, and bulldozed walls and lands of citizens in the Al-Bustan neighborhood.
Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, the army demolished a citizen’s home in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem.
The administrative official in the Nahalin Municipality Council, Walid Najahra, told the WAFA News Agency that Israeli forces invaded the town, positioning units in the “Tur al-Za’faran” area.
Najahra added that the soldiers cordoned off the area and blocked citizens access to the site, and fired live rounds, tear gas canisters, and concussion grenades.
Bulldozers demolished an inhabited house belonging to the citizen Saber Mahmoud Najahra, under the pretext of a lack of an Israeli issued license to build.
The Najahra home, which was inhabited by the family, was a two-story “villa” style building, measuring an area of 300 square meters.
Furthermore, Israeli forces demolished a car wash and body shop owned by a citizen in the village of Nabi Elias, east of Qalqilia in the northwestern part of the West Bank
Media sources reported that occupation forces invaded Nabi Elias village, and demolished facilities belonging to the citizen Nasr Zahran, under the pretext of building without a license.
In related news, Israeli occupation authorities issued a stop-work order against a citizen’s home in the town of Al-Jib, northwest of occupied Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that Israeli authorities delivered a notice to a citizen to stop construction on his home in the “Khirbet Khalla” area of the town of Al-Jib.
Occupation authorities justified the order under the pretext that it is located in an “archaeological” area.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that Israeli occupation authorities have demolished 589 Palestinian-owned structures between January 1, and May 20, 2026.
Among the structures demolished were residential, industrial/commercial, and agricultural buildings which provided shelter or income. Authorities have demolished or ordered the demolition of 191 structures in Jerusalem, 130 in Hebron, and 103 in the Jordan Valley.
According to Article 17 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that,
Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive.
