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Israeli forces demolished the home of Palestinian prisoner Qadri Samara in Biddu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday after surrounding the area and forcing residents to leave, the Palestinian Jerusalem Governorate said, according to Anadolu Agency.
In a statement to the agency, the governorate said some residents spent the night in mosques after troops cordoned off the neighbourhood and evacuated homes.
Forces first used bulldozers to demolish the lower floor of Samara’s house before blowing up the building, the governorate said. The Israeli army acknowledged demolishing the home and conducting raids in the area, saying its troops searched for weapons.
The army also acknowledged destroying memorials during a raid in Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. It alleged the memorials incited “terrorism” and glorified “terrorists”. The raid coincided with a curfew and arrests of Palestinians.
On Sept. 20, the army announced Samara’s arrest, alleging that he had carried out a shooting near the Neve Tzuf settlement. It said he was found injured in a hospital in Ramallah after fleeing the scene.
In Beit Duqqu, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces raided homes, detained Palestinians and conducted field interrogations, the governorate said. Troops also cordoned off the village, preventing residents from leaving for work.
Israeli forces also made arrests and conducted field interrogations in nearby Beit Anan and Qatanna. In Qatanna, troops sealed off the town, preventing residents from entering or leaving. The governorate did not give a number for those detained.
Since Israel began its war in Gaza in October 2023, the Israeli army has intensified operations in the occupied West Bank, alongside an increase in attacks by settlers.
Those operations have killed 1,207 Palestinians, including 254 children, injured about 13,350 and led to the arrest of more than 26,000, according to official Palestinian figures.
