Demolition

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
Security forces arrested a cell of ISIS terrorists on suspicion of planning to carry out an attack.
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
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

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.

IDF renews standing eviction orders against number of West Bank outposts

There are some 100 outposts in Judea and Samaria, most of which are similar to established settlements, but lack authorization.

JANUARY 4, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A family in the hilltop settlement of Homesh after the modular structures were taken down by police, December 24, 2021.

IDF issues demolition order for home of Jerusalem terrorist

Eli Kay was killed in a shooting attack carried out by Hamas member Fadi Abu Shkhaydam

JANUARY 3, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
FILE PHOTO: Israeli forces stand guard as Palestinian women react to the demolition of their home, located within the "Area C" of the West Bank, where Israel retains full control over planning and construction, in the West Bank town of Hebron on December 28, 2021.

Demolition orders issued in Silwan, house moved into by Jews

One house was demolished and three were given demolition orders for November 5 in the Silwan neighborhood.

OCTOBER 6, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
A Palestinian man uses his mobile phone as he stands near the debris of a shop that Israel demolished in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem June 29, 2021

Ra’anana building evacuated, to be demolished due to fear of collapse

Israel Fire and Rescue Services decided to evacuate following a report made by the residents of unusual cracks in the building.

OCTOBER 4, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The evacuated building in Ra'anana that it set to be demolished.

Gov't orders eviction of two Jewish homes in West Bank settlement of Eli

The two houses are not built within the settlement boundaries, according to a land survey.

JULY 28, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
View of the Jewish settlement of Eli, in the West Bank on January 17, 2021.

IDF evacuates seven settler homes ahead of Bennett-Biden meeting

Families moved onto the site in 2016 after a shooting terror attack on Route 60 in the South Hebron Hills.

JULY 28, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Evacuation of Beit Dror outpost, July 27, 2021

EU: 159 Palestinian structures razed under Bennett

The IDF razed over 50 illegally built West Bank Palestinian structures last week, while United States envoy Hady Amr was visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories.

JULY 20, 2021ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
A BULLDOZER is used to demolish a shed in the West Bank village of Masafer in February 2020.

Palestinian terror group calls for 'resistance' after Jerusalem demolitions

"These crimes and terrorism targeting Jerusalemites require action to activate all required measures to protect and rescue them."

JULY 13, 2021ByTZVI JOFFRE
A Palestinian man uses his mobile phone as he stands near the debris of a shop that Israel demolished in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem June 29, 2021