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A Palestinian woman reacts as she holds the dust from the rubble of her house which was demolished by Israeli security forces, in the Palestinian village of Beit Awwa in the southwest of the West Bank on February 11, 2026. (HAZEM BADER/AFP)
July 23, 2026, 6:35 pm
West Bank demolitions far higher for Palestinians than Israelis in 2025, rights group says
96% of demolition orders against Palestinian illegal construction were enforced, compared to 20% in settlements; no Palestinian building permits approved, vs 27,350 for settlements
By Jeremy Sharon
Palestinian girls take part in a soccer practice session at a pitch next to Israel's security barrier in Aida refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
January 13, 2026, 7:08 pm
‘This will destroy our dreams’: Israel slates West Bank soccer field for demolition
Israel says pitch built illegally in area next to security barrier; residents say Aida refugee camp does not have any other open spaces for recreation
By Reuters and ToI Staff
New housing is built on the site of slain resident Pessi Cohen's home at Kibbutz Be'eri, which was shelled by IDF tanks on October 7, 2023, as the army battled Hamas terrorists who had taken 15 hostages and barricaded themselves inside. (Kibbutz Be'eri spokesperson's office)
December 9, 2025, 10:34 am
Kibbutz Be’eri votes to demolish all homes damaged in Oct. 7 Hamas assault, bar one
After months of debate, community decides to preserve a single house for testimony; community director, says, ‘We rebuild, remember, commemorate — and continue to live’
By Sue Surkes
A bulldozer tears down the first house due for reconstruction at Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza border, where one in four residents were either murdered or kidnapped on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists stormed the area, August 31, 2025. (Nir Oz spokespersons' unit.)
September 1, 2025, 1:55 pm
Oct. 7-ravaged Nir Oz begins demolishing damaged homes ahead of reconstruction
First nine renovated homes in newly named Pioneer’s neighborhood set to be occupied by families and individuals willing to live on the kibbutz during its ongoing overhaul
By Sue Surkes
An overhead view of the building that had housed the Jab Zeeb school in Jubbet Ad Dhib near Bethlehem in the Palestinian Authority. (Regavim)
May 7, 2023, 4:43 pm
Israel razes EU-funded Palestinian school near Bethlehem
Demolition, which follows a court ruling from March, prompts protests from the European Union and Palestinian Authority
By Canaan Lidor
Palestinians stand on the remains of a school after it was demolished by the IDF in the West Bank area known as Masafer Yatta, on November 23, 2022. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)
November 23, 2022, 10:36 pm
IDF tears down illegally built Palestinian school in disputed W. Bank ‘firing zone’
Action follows Supreme Court ruling in May, in favor of the state’s claim that Palestinians in Masafer Yatta did not predate firing zone, capping decades of legal battles
By AP and ToI Staff
The newly renovated Bahai Shrine of the Bab is seen in Haifa, April 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 2, 2022, 2:57 pm
Baha’i say Iran stepping up persecution of minority faith members
A day after several Baha’is were arrested on charges of spying for Israel, representative says Tehran carrying out fresh house demolitions, raids and arrests
By ToI Staff and AP
A priest looks towards the towering grain silos, that were gutted in the massive explosion in Beirut in August 2020, on August 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
April 14, 2022, 4:32 pm
Lebanon set to demolish grain silos damaged in the 2020 Beirut blast
Decision comes as silos face risk of collapse and despite calls to preserve them as a memorial site; ‘Repairing them will cost a lot,’ says Lebanese Information Minister Makari
By AFP
Israeli security forces demolish illegally constructed buildings on the Homesh outpost, which were set up following a deadly terror attack nearby, on December 19, 2021. (Screen capture: Twitter)
December 19, 2021, 3:23 pm
Israeli forces raze structures set up at illegal outpost after deadly terror attack
Family of victim say his legacy should be the legalization of the Homesh yeshiva: ‘Otherwise we feel that this innocent victim’s death was in vain’
By Judah Ari Gross
A Palestinian building is blown up by Israeli forces in the village of Sur Baher, southern Jerusalem on July 22, 2019, (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90(
July 23, 2019, 4:40 pm
Video of soldier, cop celebrating Palestinian home demolition is shared, slammed
Duo hug, shake hands after blowing up structure in village of Sur Baher as part of razing of illegal construction; IDF: Clip shows their satisfaction with success of mission
By ToI Staff
Police accompany bulldozers demolishing storefronts in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, November 21, 2018. (Courtesy Ir Amim)
November 24, 2018, 11:38 pm
EU condemns Israeli demolitions in East Jerusalem’s Shuafat refugee camp
Europe also criticizes decision to build in capital neighborhoods beyond the Green Line, saying such construction undermines two-state solution
By ToI Staff
Police accompany bulldozers demolishing storefronts in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem, November 21, 2018. (Courtesy Ir Amim)
November 21, 2018, 4:20 pm
Jerusalem municipality demolishes 21 businesses in Shuafat refugee camp
Activist groups says owners given just 12 hours’ notice; police say businesses leveled at request of residents due to traffic congestion
By ToI Staff
Palestinian children line up before the early start of classes at a school in the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank on July 16, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP)
July 17, 2018, 2:16 pm
Bedouin kids go back to school early in protest of village’s demolition
Measure an attempt to stymie the razing of Khan al-Ahmar, where classes had been slated to start in September
By AFP
Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags as they try to prevent a tractor from paving an access road to the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar on July 4, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
July 4, 2018, 3:14 pm
11 arrested during clashes at West Bank Bedouin village slated for demolition
35 said injured as protesters attempt to block construction equipment from building access road to facilitate the razing of the encampment
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Demolition begins on the abandoned Dolphinarium building in Tel Aviv on May 15, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 16, 2018, 9:23 pm
Show’s over for Tel Aviv’s Dolphinarium eyesore
Mostly abandoned building to be razed to make way for a promenade extension, angering activists due to land windfall for owner and displacement of beloved surf school
By Melanie Lidman
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