Israeli forces bulldoze Palestinian land near Hebron settlement

Israeli forces on Sunday began bulldozing Palestinian lands near the Kumi Tzur settlement in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reported. 

The attacks are part of a wider Israeli escalation in the West Bank since October 2023. 

In 2025 alone, Israeli forces launched nearly 7,500 raids on Palestinian towns and villages across the West Bank, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha).

"The occupied West Bank is experiencing its worst displacement crisis in decades, driven by Israel’s demolitions, military raids and unchecked settler violence," Ocha said. 

Over the past two years, Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians and arrested thousands more across the West Bank.

"Israel's forced displacement of residents from three refugee camps in the West Bank amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity," HRW said in a statement on Thursday. 

Unrwa estimates that at least 31,919 Palestinian refugees have been driven from these camps and nearby neighbourhoods as Israeli forces continue large-scale incursions.