Demolition

WATCH: IDF demolishes terrorist house in West Bank, kills armed terrorist in Gaza's Rafah

The IDF demolishes the home of a terrorist behind the December 2024 El-Khader Junction attack, while also killing Hamas terrorists in Gaza operations.

|ByJAMES GENN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
The IDF demolished the residence of a terrorist who conducted a lethal December 2024 terror attack in the West Bank, March 14, 2026.
Security forces arrested a cell of ISIS terrorists on suspicion of planning to carry out an attack.

IDF foil ISIS terror plot in Jericho, seize Hamas weapons cache in Gaza

The IDF said they found "a large amount of guns, an RPG rocket, and an explosive device that were going to be used to harm IDF soldiers operating in the area." 

|ByFRAIDY MOSER
IDF demolishes the home of terrorist Mahmoud Yusef Abed, in the village of Halhul, West Bank. February 2.

IDF demolishes West Bank home of terrorist who killed Israeli in Gush Etzion

Abed, together with another terrorist, carried out the shooting attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the Etzion Brigade area, in which Shalev Zabuloni was murdered.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) and Lebanese military vehicles patrol in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, January 8, 2026

IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, citing repeated ceasefire violations

Shortly after the strike began, rocket sirens sounded in Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the Gaza border community. The sirens were almost immediately deemed a false alarm.

|BySAM HALPERN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Ben-Gvir clashes with police chief, Netanyahu on east J'lm demolitions - report

UN special rapporteurs published a statement accusing Israel of committing "domicide" against Palestinians.

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai.

Israel’s home demolitions after terrorist attacks, explained

Home demolition orders have almost become a matter of course following Palestinian attacks. Israel has used the tactic as a routine instrument of punishment.

FEBRUARY 14, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
The IDF began demolishing the Barkan terrorist's home after the order was approved by the head of the IDF’s Central Command Maj.-Gen. Nadav Padan

Letters to the Editor February 13, 2023: Is it normal?

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

FEBRUARY 13, 2023ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Israel postpones razing of east Jerusalem building following int'l pressure

The building, which houses about a hundred families, was issued a demolition order in 2015.

FEBRUARY 6, 2023ByWALLA!
IDF demolition of terrorists' houses, August 9, 2017.

Demolishing houses didn't stop terror in 2005, why does it work in 2023? - analysis

What, if anything, changed between 2005 and 2023 about Israel, the Palestinians, house demolitions and deterrence?

JANUARY 29, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A girl clutches a doll as she sits among the rubble of a building demolished by Israeli security forces in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, January 29, 2023.

Khan al Ahmar: A symbol of Netanyahu's tension with the High Court - opinion

If there is a place where the contradictions inherent in Israel’s new government come to life, it is this tiny village tucked away along the side of a highway.

JANUARY 27, 2023ByYAAKOV KATZ
A view of Khan al Ahmar.

Kiryat Arba terrorist home razing frozen until High Court hears petition

JANUARY 3, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
LEFT: Slain victim of Kiryat Arba terror attack, 50-year-old Ronen Hanania. RIGHT: IDF soldiers operate at the scene of the attack, October 29, 202.

IDF map home of Ariel terrorist overnight, operate across West Bank

According to Beilinson Hospital, two of the three wounded in the Ariel terror attack are in serious but stable condition.

NOVEMBER 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel security forces mapped the home of the Ariel terrorist overnight after he killed three civilians on Tuesday and injured three more, November 16, 2022.

Israeli forces enter Jenin to demolish Dizengoff terrorist's home

According to Palestinian reports, a 29-year-old man was killed and another was injured in clashes with Israeli forces.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF demolishing the home of Ra'ad Hazem, the Palestinian terrorist who carried out the Tel Aviv attack in April which killed three people, September 6, 2022.

IDF razes West Bank Ramat Migron outpost, Homesh yeshiva spared for now

The hilltop settlement has been subject to ongoing controversy and legal dispute since the early 2000s. Since then, there have been ownership claims to the land from Palestinian families.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israel security forces at the Ramat Migron outpost, Thursday August 11, 2022