Ethnic cleansing of Palestinian communities and lone families in the West Bank (62 communities as of 22 Apr 2026)
Ethnic cleansing of Palestinian communities and lone families in the West Bank (62 communities as of 22 Apr 2026)
On Wednesday, 11 March 2026, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort and two diggers at the Farsh al-Hawa area, south of Halhul and demolished two agricultural structures, two water tanks, and an outhouse owned by two families numbering a total of 14 people.
On Thursday, 19 February 2026, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and a digger to the village of ‘Ein al-Beida in the Jordan Valley and demolished a structure under construction that was to house a family with three children.
On Wednesday, 18 February 2026, Civil Administration personnel, arrived with a Border Police escort and a digger, in the Khirbet Qalqas neighborhood in the south of Hebron, demolished two residential buildings containing seven units, leaving seven families, numbering 29 people in total, including 16 minors, homeless. The Israeli forces also destroyed a water cistern and a car repair shop owned by the families
On Wednesday, 11 February 2026, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort as well as a digger at the village of Khashm a-Daraj. The forces demolished three residential shacks and three shacks used as livestock enclosures belonging to two families numbering 14 people in total, including six minors.
On Wednesday, 11 February 2026, at around 8:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a digger at the village of Marj Ghazal in the Jordan Valley and demolished a shack used as a blacksmith shop and an agricultural shed owned by a local resident, as well as a farming equipment repair shop owned by another resident.
From there, the forces continued west to the village of al-Jiftlik, where they demolished a tent in which a local family resided while working their land, as well as a livestock enclosure owned by another family.
On Sunday, 8 February 2026, at around 8:30 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort, as well as staff from the Jordan Valley settlement council and two diggers, at the community of ‘Ein al-Meyteh in the Hamam al-Maleh area in the Jordan Valley. The forces destroyed three tents and a hut that housed four families, numbering 16 people in total, including eight minors. The forces also destroyed six tents used as livestock enclosures, three livestock pens, a tent used for storing animal feed, two outhouses, five water tanks, and five solar panels, owned by the same families.
On Sunday, 8 February 2026, Civil Administration personnel, arrived with a military escort and a digger at the community of Khirbet ‘Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished the home of a family of four, including two minors, a tent used as a livestock enclosure, a livestock pen and three water tanks.
On Sunday, 8 February 2026, Civil Administration personnel, arrived with a military escort and a digger at the community of Khirbet ‘Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished the home of a family of four, including two minors, a tent used as a livestock enclosure, a livestock pen and three water tanks.
On Sunday, 8 February 2026, at around 9:00 A.M., Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military escort and a digger at the community of al-Burj in Hamam al-Maleh in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished the residential shack of a family of four, including two minors, leaving them homeless. The forces also destroyed an outhouse and two water tanks.
On Sunday, 8 February 2026, Civil Administration personnel, arrived with a military escort and a digger at the community of Khirbet ‘Ein al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley. The forces demolished the home of a family of four, including two minors, a tent used as a livestock enclosure, a livestock pen and three water tanks.
On Monday, 26 January 2026, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort at Khirbet al-Marzek, Masafer Yatta. The forces demolished a house, leaving a family of six, including four minors, homeless.
On Monday, 26 January 2026, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort at the village of Khashm a-Daraj. The forces demolished two shacks housing two families numbering a total of 19 people, including 13 minors, leaving them homeless. The forces also demolished two livestock pens owned by the same families.
Israel’s regime of apartheid and occupation is inextricably bound up in human rights violations. B’Tselem strives to end this regime, as that is the only way forward to a future in which human rights, democracy, liberty and equality are ensured to all people, both Palestinian and Israeli, living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
Since the Hamas attack on 7 October 2023, Israel has acted in a coordinated and deliberate manner to destroy Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip, committing genocide against its residents. In light of Israel’s actions in Gaza, the public statements made by Israeli decision-makers, and the international community’s failure to take effective action, there is a serious risk that the Israeli regime will expand the genocide to other areas under its control—first and foremost, the West Bank.
B’Tselem calls on the Israeli public and the international community to use every tool available under international law to bring an immediate end to Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people.