Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday morning demolished a commercial facility in the town of Shuqba, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central part, continuing a pattern of repeated destruction targeting Palestinian property in the central occupied West Bank.
Local sources reported that the structure was a scrap shop located at the northern entrance of Shuqba, owned by Palestinian citizen Rateb Nasr.
The shop had been bulldozed by Israeli forces on multiple occasions in the past, causing heavy financial losses to its owner.
Tuesday’s demolition is not an isolated incident. In late October, Israeli forces carried out a large‑scale operation in Shuqba, destroying a two‑story house under construction belonging to Ahmad Shallash and a single‑story residence owned by Mousa Sweilem.
During that invasion, soldiers fired tear gas at residents and journalists covering the demolitions, leading to cases of suffocation, and forcing media crews to withdraw.
The repeated targeting of homes and businesses in Shuqba reflects Israel’s broader demolition campaign across Area C of the West Bank, where Palestinians face near‑total denial of building permits.
By repeatedly destroying both residential and commercial property in Shuqba, Israeli forces are not only displacing families but also undermining livelihoods, eroding community resilience, and reinforcing a policy of erasure in the occupied West Bank.
In related news, Israeli forces demolished two Palestinian homes in the village of Husan, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, displacing families, and assaulting residents.
Also, the soldiers demolished three inhabited homes in Khirbet Khallet al‑Farra, one of the Palestinian hamlets west of Yatta in the southern Hebron district, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, displacing several families.
Human rights organizations and UN agencies have condemned these demolitions as discriminatory and a form of forced displacement. Between October 2023 and October 2025, Israeli authorities carried out more than 1,000 demolition operations across the West Bank, affecting thousands of structures, including homes, shops, agricultural facilities, and water tanks.
