The controlled explosions targeted properties belonging to Ahmad and Hammouda al-Jaabeh after army engineers spent nine hours rigging the structures with charges. Operations across the municipality have resulted in the displacement of 780 families, particularly impacting the Ein Deir Bahha neighborhood which was entirely emptied by troops. Alongside property destructions, Israeli authorities have arrested at least 120 individuals and torn down 13 commercial businesses near the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint.
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The broad military campaign has led to the conversion of evacuated civilian homes into op…: The broad military campaign has led to the conversion of evacuated civilian homes into operational army barracks.
Security forces have detained over 100 residents and leveled commercial structures while…: Security forces have detained over 100 residents and leveled commercial structures while sealing off neighborhoods like al-Jalda.
Tensions continue across the occupied West Bank alongside disruptions targeting Palestini…: Tensions continue across the occupied West Bank alongside disruptions targeting Palestinian olive harvesters near Nablus and Bethlehem.
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Israeli forces have blown up the homes of two Palestinians who killed two Israeli soldiers in Hebron last week. The demolitions came on the eighth day of a military offensive and siege on the southern city in the occupied West Bank.
Troops demolished the homes of brothers Ahmad and Hammouda al-Jaabeh on Friday, after surrounding the buildings since the morning and sealing off the area. The brothers were killed after carrying out an attack on October 23 near the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint, at the western entrance to Hebron, killing two Israeli soldiers and wounding three others.
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