In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces intensified demolition operations in the Nur Shams refugee camp this week, flattening homes that housed about 100 Palestinian families. Israel’s military claimed the home demolitions targeted Palestinian resistance groups; residents say they were an illegal form of collective punishment.
Kefah Haykal: “Nine people live in the house. My husband is disabled. We don’t have a way to get money. The house was our home, and now we don’t have any other place to live in. No one is supporting us financially or helping us. I have nobody helping me. What can I say?”
The home demolitions came as Israeli authorities approved plans to build 126 new housing units for Jewish settlers in a northern West Bank outpost that Israel had evacuated in 2005.