Demolition

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
UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) and Lebanese military vehicles patrol in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, January 8, 2026
The IDF demolished the house of the terrorists who killed Shalev Zevuloni.

IDF demolishes home of terrorist who killed late Shalev Zevuloni in Gush Etzion junction attack

"IDF forces operated in the village of Bazariya in the Shomron Brigade to demolish the home of the terrorist Malek Ibrahim Salem," the military said.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
A view of the dome of the US Capitol building, during a vote in the US House of Representatives.

US Congress members sign letter urging Netanyahu to prevent demolition of Palestinian homes

Nearly a quarter of the members of the House of Representatives signed the letter calling the demolition orders to the village cruel, including many from the Jewish caucus.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police and IDF Home Front Command personnel at the scene where a roof collapsed in Beit Shemesh, November 16, 2025

Four children injured following roof collapse in Beit Shemesh

No life-threatening injuries were reported.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

IDF demolishes home of Bnei Brak terrorist amid clashes

Two Palestinians died following armed clashes as IDF troops enter Yabad, near Jenin.

JUNE 1, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The house of the terrorist who killed five Israelis in Bnei Brak on March 29 is demolished by an explosion, on June 2, 2022.

IDF troops destroy home of Palestinian terrorist who killed Yehuda Dimentman

The homes of all four accomplices have been demolished.

MAY 7, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF troops along with Border Police destroy the floor where Omar Ahmed Yassin Jaradat, a terrorist who killed a 25-year-old Israeli man, lived in the village of Silat al-Harithiya.

Jerusalem's Dan Pearl Hotel to be demolished after 20 years of neglect

The court’s decision thus ended 20 years of neglect and ugliness, enabling the city to issue a tender for a new hotel to be built on the premises.

APRIL 11, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
The abandoned Dan Pearl Hotel in Jerusalem.

US: Israel must refrain from Palestinian demolitions like in Sheikh Jarrah

Members of the UNSC condemned the demolition of two homes in the contentious east Jerusalem neighborhood.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinians with gas cylinders stand on a rooftop of a house being evacuated by Israeli special forces in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. January 17, 2022.

PFLP calls for resistance against Israel after Sheikh Jarrah demolitions

“This crime falls within the framework of many crimes committed by the occupation authorities, militias and settlers in Jerusalem with the aim of completing its Israelization and Judaization."

JANUARY 19, 2022ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, December 17, 2021.

Police evict Sheikh Jarrah family that threatened self-immolation

The Jerusalem Municipality now plans to use the property for construction of a school to serve Arab children with special needs. 

JANUARY 19, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Palestinians take to the roof and threaten to blow-up the building of a home in the flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem

Arguing with the US over house demolitions - opinion

Washington won’t be applauding Israel's decision to demolish the house of Eli Kay's murderer.

JANUARY 13, 2022ByMARK REGEV
The funeral of Eli Kay, the lone soldier who was fatally shot by a terrorist in an attack in Jerusalem's Old City, November 22, 2021.

IDF to raze home of Palestinian terrorist involved in Homesh shooting

The home of Palestinian terrorist Muhammad Jaradat is set to be demolished by the IDF.

JANUARY 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers seen outside Shavei Shomron in the West Bank following a shooting attack near Homesh, December 17, 2021.

High Court hears debate over whether to demolish house of Eli Kay killer

Kay was shot and killed by Hamas terrorist Fadi Abu Shkhaydam, a 42-year-old resident of Shuafat camp in east Jerusalem, on November 21 in Jerusalem’s Old City.

JANUARY 11, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Avi Kay, father of Eli Kay,and his daughter arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, January 11, 2022.

IDF informs Homesh shooter's family of intention to demolish their home

Yehuda Dimentman was killed near the Homesh outpost in the West Bank in a shooting attack carried out by members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in mid-December. 

JANUARY 6, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
IDF arrest a Palestinian man outside Shavei Shomron, in the West Bank, on December 17, 2021, following the fatal shooting attack near Homesh that killed 25-year-old Yehuda Dimentman.