Demolition

Demolition of illegal West Bank Bedouin community begins as E1 plan faces legal challenges

Several NGOs said the community is over a kilometer from Ma'ale Adumim, arguing that the distance undermines the government's claim that the demolition was necessary for development plans.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A West Bank Bedouin community under demolition, November 3, 2026.
Armed Israeli soldiers stand guard as heavy machinery demolishes a residential building in the village of Khirbet Qalqas, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on June 8, 2026. (Illustrative)

High Court approves demolition of Palestinian rocket suspect's home, rejects family's appeal

Writing the main opinion, Justice Yael Willner ruled that preparations for repeated rocket attacks posed exceptional danger, justifying the apartment's demolition despite the attack being thwarted.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Israeli security forces near the scene of a shooting attack near the West Bank city of Hebron, October 23, 2026. Five people were wounded in the attack, two of them seriously, and two Palestinian terrorists were killed by Israeli forces.

IDF prepares to demolish homes of terrorists who killed two Israeli soldiers in Hebron attack

On Sunday, the Mount Hebron Regional Council announced it was establishing eight new outposts in the Hebron Hills in response to the terror attack.

|ByAMIR BOHBOT, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A view of the scene of a deadly shooting attack at the Yehuda Junction checkpoint near the West Bank city of Hebron, where two Israeli soldiers were murdered and three others wounded by Palestinian gunmen the previous day, October 24, 2026.

Hebron business demolitions carried out without prior hearing, state tells High Court

The IDF cited urgent security risks, as business owners denied involvement in the deadly attack, alleging collective punishment.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN, YONAH JEREMY BOB

EU envoy warns against largest IDF eviction of Palestinians in decades

Israel’s High Court of Justice had ruled in May that the army could evict more than 1,000 Palestinians who live in scattered small herding villages in an IDF training area.

JULY 7, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
European Union Representative Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff in the south Hebron Hills, July 7, 2022

High Court approves house demolition for Palestinian Ariel terrorist

The three conservative justices on the court unanimously rejected the families' claims that demolishing a home is a disproportionate punishment, instead acknowledging it as a regrettable consequence.

JUNE 8, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF soldiers map the house of the terrorist who killed Golev Vyacheslav at the entrance to Ariel on April 29, 2022.

IDF demolishes home of Bnei Brak terrorist amid clashes

Two Palestinians died following armed clashes as IDF troops enter Yabad, near Jenin.

JUNE 1, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The house of the terrorist who killed five Israelis in Bnei Brak on March 29 is demolished by an explosion, on June 2, 2022.

IDF troops destroy home of Palestinian terrorist who killed Yehuda Dimentman

The homes of all four accomplices have been demolished.

MAY 7, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF troops along with Border Police destroy the floor where Omar Ahmed Yassin Jaradat, a terrorist who killed a 25-year-old Israeli man, lived in the village of Silat al-Harithiya.

Jerusalem's Dan Pearl Hotel to be demolished after 20 years of neglect

The court’s decision thus ended 20 years of neglect and ugliness, enabling the city to issue a tender for a new hotel to be built on the premises.

APRIL 11, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
The abandoned Dan Pearl Hotel in Jerusalem.

US: Israel must refrain from Palestinian demolitions like in Sheikh Jarrah

Members of the UNSC condemned the demolition of two homes in the contentious east Jerusalem neighborhood.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinians with gas cylinders stand on a rooftop of a house being evacuated by Israeli special forces in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. January 17, 2022.

PFLP calls for resistance against Israel after Sheikh Jarrah demolitions

“This crime falls within the framework of many crimes committed by the occupation authorities, militias and settlers in Jerusalem with the aim of completing its Israelization and Judaization."

JANUARY 19, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, December 17, 2021.

Police evict Sheikh Jarrah family that threatened self-immolation

The Jerusalem Municipality now plans to use the property for construction of a school to serve Arab children with special needs. 

JANUARY 19, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinians take to the roof and threaten to blow-up the building of a home in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem

Arguing with the US over house demolitions - opinion

Washington won’t be applauding Israel's decision to demolish the house of Eli Kay's murderer.

JANUARY 13, 2022ByMARK REGEV
The funeral of Eli Kay, the lone soldier who was fatally shot by a terrorist in an attack in Jerusalem's Old City, November 22, 2021.

IDF to raze home of Palestinian terrorist involved in Homesh shooting

The home of Palestinian terrorist Muhammad Jaradat is set to be demolished by the IDF.

JANUARY 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers seen outside Shavei Shomron in the West Bank following a shooting attack near Homesh, December 17, 2021.