One week after attack: IDF demolishes Hebron homes of terrorists who murdered two soldiers

Israeli settlers engaged in a violent confrontation with Palestinian olive harvesters and initiated the construction of a new outpost in the West Bank on Friday, as the Israeli military siege in Hebron entered its eighth day. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli forces and settlers carried out multiple attacks across the occupied territory, including raids in Hebron, assaults on Palestinian olive harvesters, and the commencement of a new settlement outpost.

In Hebron, where an ongoing Israeli military operation had entered its eighth day, troops sealed off the al-Jalda and Deir Bahha neighborhoods and utilized tear gas and stun grenades against displaced Palestinian residents attempting to return home. Additionally, Israeli forces demolished two houses they claimed belonged to Palestinian gunmen who had attacked an Israeli checkpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on October 23, resulting in the deaths of two Israeli soldiers.

Since the operation began, over 115 Palestinians have been detained, and more than 780 families have been affected, with 537 fully displaced. Approximately 5,000 individuals are either trapped in their homes or have been forced out, with 66 schools disrupted, impacting 2,872 students, according to Wafa. Settlers targeted a Palestinian family harvesting olives in Tel Rumeida, near Hebron, injuring five.

Settlers also attacked olive pickers in Beita, south of Nablus, damaged olive trees in Burqa, east of Ramallah, and engaged in property vandalism in Jaba, south of Jenin, and al-Masudiya, northwest of Nablus. Furthermore, the Israeli army closed the main eastern entrance to Qalqilya on Friday evening.