Israel’s war on homes: From Hebron to Gaza and southern Lebanon
From Hebron to Gaza to southern Lebanon, Israel is tearing down homes, and, with them, families' hopes of return.
From Hebron to Gaza to southern Lebanon, Israel is tearing down homes, and with them, families' hopes of return.
“Around 12:30 at night, the Israeli army vehicles were at al-Jalda Square,” one Hebron resident told Al Jazeera. “They told us to leave our homes. We asked until when, and they said until further notice. We left with the clothes on our backs.”
Hours earlier on October 23, two Israeli soldiers had been killed by armed Palestinian men at a checkpoint near the city. Hebron, the occupied West Bank’s largest city, has been under Israeli siege ever since, with restrictions extending across a governorate of about 800,000 Palestinians.
In February 2025, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tulkarem and Jenin would come to resemble Jabalia and Shujayea, two of Gaza’s most devastated areas.