The Israeli military on Wednesday, demolished a newly built Palestinian home in the West Bank town of Idhna, west of Hebron, citing a lack of Israeli-issued construction permits, Anadolu reports.
Local resident Hamza Batran told Anadolu that Israeli forces accompanied by heavy bulldozers raided the village before sealing off the site. Troops then demolished a 160-square-meter (about 1,720-square-foot) house and an adjacent water well belonging to his cousin, Muhammad Batran.
According to the family, the owner had spent his life savings over the past 12 years to construct the property and was finalizing preparations to move in.
The military had previously issued stop-work and demolition notices to the family on the grounds that the structure was built without a permit.
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The raids came amid continued attacks by the Israeli army and occupiers across the occupied West Bank.
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said it documented 11,074 Israeli violations across the occupied territory during the first half of 2026.
According to the commission, Hebron recorded the highest number of violations with 2,224 incidents, followed by Ramallah and Al-Bireh with 2,175, Nablus with 2,095 and Bethlehem with 1,137.
Since October 2023, the West Bank has witnessed an escalation carried out by the Israeli army and occupiers, killing 1,175 Palestinians, injuring 12,919 others and leading to the arrest of around 24,000 people, according to official Palestinian data.
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