The key facts
- A house of about 200 square meters was demolished in al-Hijra, along with a well, walls and fruit trees
- In Hizma, a car dealership was demolished and the town was temporarily closed to traffic
- In October, the Jerusalem Governorate recorded 44 demolition and land-clearing operations
Demolitions in Hebron and Hizma
The Israeli army on Monday, November 9, demolished a residential house and a car dealership in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu reports. According to Iyad Masharka, an activist with the anti-settlement movement, troops entered the al-Qasr neighborhood in the village of al-Hijra, southeast of Dura in the Hebron governorate, and destroyed a house of about 200 square meters. In addition to the house itself, he said, fruit trees were uprooted, the land around the house was leveled, and a well and walls belonging to the owner were demolished.
Hizma: closed entrances and notices
In East Jerusalem, military bulldozers demolished a car dealership in the town of Hizma. The Jerusalem Governorate said that during the demolition, entrances to and exits from the town were closed to pedestrians and vehicles. According to the governorate, Hizma has been subjected for months to regular raids, road closures and demolition notices for residential and commercial structures: in February, the authorities issued demolition notices for 11 houses and buildings, including seven residential homes and four commercial properties.
The scale, according to the governorate
The governorate also documented 44 demolition and land-clearing operations in the town in October, affecting homes and residential and commercial structures, and reported 41 notices and orders for demolition, suspension of construction and eviction in a number of East Jerusalem towns. The outlet notes that raids and attacks on Palestinian property in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have intensified since October 2023 — with reports of deaths, arrests, house demolitions, arson, land leveling and the displacement of Palestinian communities.
