Israeli Forces Blow Up Farouk Ramadan’s Home in Tell Near Nablus

Kathmandu—Israeli forces arrested at least 23 Palestinians and demolished multiple homes on Tuesday amid escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, as the United Nations warned that the situation is reaching a critical juncture. The raids and demolitions occurred alongside continued attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian villages, resulting in injuries and property damage. According to UN figures, Israel has been demolishing an average of 122 Palestinian structures each month this year, displacing hundreds of people. The escalating tensions come as Israel prepares for parliamentary elections in October. On Tuesday, Israeli forces detained at least 23 Palestinians, including two children—one with a disability—and a man grazing livestock in the Jordan Valley. Eleven arrests occurred in the Jenin governorate, while five were made in the Bethlehem area. In Tal, southwest of Nablus, the home of Farouq Ramadan, one of four Palestinians killed during a confrontation with Israeli settlers on July 24, was demolished by Israeli forces. Two Israelis also died in that incident. Israel maintains a policy of demolishing homes belonging to relatives of those involved in attacks against Israelis, a practice condemned by human rights groups as collective punishment. Dozens of settlers attacked Palestinians working their land in Al-Mughayyir, wounding six people including three children and two women. Settlers reportedly burned parts of the valley and targeted nearby homes. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reported that over 60 percent of Al-Mughayyir's land has been confiscated by the Israeli army, with at least eleven illegal outposts established in the village restricting farmers’ access to their land. In Khirbet Ras al-Ahmar, settlers destroyed parts of a water pipeline, cutting off supplies to approximately 30 Palestinian herding families and farms. Addressing the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov stated that the West Bank is at a “breaking point.” He reported that 76 Palestinians, including 18 children, have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied territory this year. Approximately 3,800 Palestinians—nearly half of them children—have been displaced due to settler violence, demolitions, and evictions. Alakbarov noted over 1,430 settler attacks resulting in casualties or property damage across roughly 260 Palestinian communities since 2026, often occurring with the presence of Israeli forces. He also stated that Israeli authorities have advanced or approved approximately 12,360 settlement housing units this year. Since January 2023, 127 Palestinian communities have been fully or partially displaced, with 47 completely uprooted, affecting over 6,390 people. Alakbarov highlighted that settler attacks are expanding beyond Area C—where Israel maintains full control—into Areas A and B. He warned these interconnected developments are reshaping the occupied West Bank, weakening Palestinian governance, and advancing “de facto annexation.” The UN continues to monitor the situation closely and calls for de-escalation and adherence to international law. Further escalation is anticipated as Israel approaches its parliamentary elections in October. (With inputs from Al Jazeera) Originally published onabcnews.com.np.

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- Israeli forces entered the village on Monday evening and forced residents of several homes to evacuate in preparation for the demolition WEST BANK: Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished the home of a Palestinian, Farouk Ramadan, who the Israeli military say was involved in a shooting during a settler attack on Tal village on July 24, in Tal, near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israeli forces entered the village on Monday evening and forced residents of several homes to evacuate in preparation for demolishing Ramadan's house, according to Palestinian authorities. Palestinian authorities in the West Bank said the incident in July, in which four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed was provoked by the settlers who aimed to attack villagers in Tal, southwest of Nablus. The Israeli military initially described the Israeli civilians involved in the incident as hikers, but later acknowledged some were armed and said both sides had opened fire before troops intervened.

TELL, Palestinian Territories - Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished the home of a Palestinian who died in July in the most lethal clash in months in the occupied West Bank, residents and the army told AFP. “At around 8.15am, the Israeli army blew up the apartment where the martyr Farouq Ramadan lived with his wife and five daughters,” Tell Mayor Walid Zaidan told AFP. Zaidan said that about 30 Israeli military vehicles and engineering teams entered the village Monday evening, evacuating residents of 30 houses surrounding Ramadan’s home before the demolition. AFP journalists saw army engineers set up explosives and detonate the second-floor apartment where Ramadan had lived, after troops amassed from Monday evening. The army in a statement said troops “demolished the house where the terrorist who carried out the shooting” had lived. “We will continue to take proactive and offensive action to thwart terrorism throughout Judea and Samaria and to bring to justice terrorists who sought to harm the citizens of the State of Israel,” it said, using a biblical name for the West Bank. Israeli army radio said the two-week timeline to demolish the house was an “unprecedented record time”. Israel routinely demolishes family homes of Palestinians it accuses of being involved in attacks, seeing the policy as a deterrent, but critics say it amounts to collective punishment that leaves innocent family members homeless. Palestinians say the villagers in Tell came under attack from settlers. On July 24, footage showed Ramadan seizing an Israeli’s weapon during a clash with settlers, leading an emergency response team from a nearby settlement to rush to the scene with ensuing gunfire. A military probe last week said that the soldier was killed by Palestinian fire, but could not conclusively determine whether the settler was killed by Palestinian or friendly fire. Ramadan was killed in the exchange of gunfire, but it was unclear who by. Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, but in recent years the number of settlements in the Palestinian territory — which are illegal under international law — has soared. Excluding east Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, home to around three million Palestinians. According to an AFP tally based on data from the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed at least 1,097 Palestinians, including both militants and civilians, since the start of the Gaza war. Israeli figures over the same period show that at least 48 Israelis, including civilians and security personnel, have been killed in the West Bank in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations.

Thousands of patients in the Gaza Strip remain stranded and waiting for medical treatment outside the enclave despite a cease-fire, as evacuations continue only a few times a week, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said 12,913 patients, including 6,186 children, have been medically evacuated from Gaza since October 2023, accompanied by about 16,000 family members or other companions. The pace of evacuations remains limited. Jasarevic said 101 patients and 164 companions were evacuated during the week of Aug. 2-8, with medical transfers currently taking place three to four times a week. "Thousands of patients are still awaiting medical evacuation," Jasarevic said in a written response to Anadolu Agency (AA). The continuing backlog highlights the strain on Gaza's health system, which has been devastated by the war and faces shortages of medical supplies, damaged facilities and limited access to specialized treatment. Gaza's Health Ministry has said Israeli attacks have killed 1,258 people and wounded 4,145 since the cease-fire took effect Oct. 10, 2025. The ministry says the overall Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 2023 has reached 73,386, with 174,256 people wounded. The humanitarian crisis meanwhile comes as violence has also intensified in the occupied West Bank, where the Israeli army demolished the home of a Palestinian involved in a deadly confrontation nearly three weeks ago. Video footage released Tuesday showed the three-story home in the village of Tell, near Nablus, being destroyed in a controlled explosion. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the demolition. The homeowner was killed during confrontations involving Israeli settlers and soldiers last month. The Israeli military said he had seized a weapon from a security officer and opened fire on Israelis. An Israeli officer and a member of the civil defense force were killed in the confrontation. The Palestinian Health Ministry said four Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers during the incident. The demolition is part of a broader pattern of heightened violence in the West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, incursion into southern Israel, triggering the Gaza genocide. More than 1,100 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since then during Israeli military operations, armed clashes and other violence, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians have also increased sharply during the same period. The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has accused Israel's government and military of enabling the violence through political support, protection and what it described as "complete impunity" for settlers. Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. About 700,000 Israeli settlers now live in the territories alongside roughly 3 million Palestinians. The Palestinians seek the West Bank and East Jerusalem as part of an independent state, while Israel rejects that claim and maintains control over the territories.

Hamas: the destruction of the homes of martyrs and fighters will not deter Palestinians from clinging to their land Hamas Aideed al-qa’id fi harakat Hamas Abdul-Rahman Shadeed stated that the Israeli occupation’s policy of destroying the homes of martyrs and fighters in the West Bank will not deter the Palestinian people from clinging to their land and confronting the terrorism of settlers and the occupation army. Explosion of the home of Martyr Farouq Ramadan Shadeed said in a statement today, Tuesday, that what happened in the village of Tel south of Nablus, namely the explosion of the home of Martyr Farouq Ramadan, expresses the occupation’s sadism, which uses all means of terrorism and collective punishment against the Palestinian people. Hamas sends a message to the Palestinian people The Hamas leader urged the Palestinian people in the West Bank to unite, support the families of the martyrs and the owners of the destroyed homes, support them by all available means, embrace them, and strengthen their resilience, so that the occupation’s goals from demolishing and destroying homes are not realized. Killing, Judaization, and confiscation of lands The Hamas leader stressed that what the West Bank is subjected to in terms of killing, Judaization, and confiscation of lands and attempts to displace Palestinians from their villages and towns requires everyone to unite, confront, stand firm on their land and properties, and uphold their rights and defend them with all they possess.

Creating new perspectives since 2009 August 11, 2026 at 1:30 pm Less than three weeks after Palestinian man Farouk Ramadan was killed while confronting Israeli occupiers, the Israeli army blew up his house in the West Bank town of Tal,Anadolureports. Ramadan was among four Palestinians killed and four others injured during an attack by Israeli forces and occupiers on Tal in late July, according to local sources. Ramadan, who was unarmed, seized a weapon from an occupier while confronting the attack on the village southwest of Nablus. He then opened fire on the occupiers and Israeli forces, killing two, according to the sources. The Israeli army blew up the third floor of the residential building in Tal after raiding the area and forcing residents of several nearby homes to evacuate ahead of the demolition, Anadolu’s correspondent reported. Separately, the Israeli army began demolishing around 20 Palestinian shops and homes in the village of Anza, south of Jenin in the northern West Bank, allegedly for construction without permits, according to a local activist and Anadolu’s correspondent. READ:Israeli army evicts Palestinian family, turns West Bank home into military post Tayseer Sadaqa, an activist who documents Israeli violations in Anza, said the army raided the village with demolition vehicles and began tearing down around 20 shops located on the main road linking the village to Jenin. “The demolitions are being carried out under the pretext of building without a permit,” Sadaqa told Anadolu. The demolitions come amid an escalation in the destruction of Palestinian homes and other structures across the occupied West Bank, alongside illegal settlement expansion and the establishment of new outposts, according to Palestinian sources. Since the start of Israel’s genocide in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023, Israeli forces and occupiers have escalated attacks in the West Bank, killing more than 1,183 Palestinians, injuring around 13,000 and arresting nearly 25,000, according to Palestinian figures. Palestinians warn that the escalation is part of Israeli efforts to impose facts on the ground, paving the way for annexation of the occupied West Bank and undermining the possibility of establishing a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders under relevant UN resolutions. READ:Israeli occupiers establish illegal settlement outpost in yard of Palestinian home in West Bank This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the GooglePrivacy PolicyandTerms of Serviceapply. Δ

RAMALLAH, Palestine (MNTV) — Israeli forces demolished the home of a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank less than three weeks after he was killed while confronting an attack by Israeli forces and settlers, according to local sources. The house belonged to Farouk Ramadan, who was among four Palestinians killed during an Israeli military and settler attack on the village of Tal, southwest of Nablus, in late July. Local sources said Ramadan was unarmed when he confronted the attackers and managed to take a weapon from one of the settlers. He subsequently opened fire, killing two Israeli attackers, before he was killed. Israeli forces later raided Tal and evacuated residents from several nearby houses before demolishing the third floor of Ramadan’s residential building, according to reports from the area. In a separate development, Israeli forces began demolishing about 20 Palestinian shops and homes in Anza, south of Jenin, citing alleged construction without Israeli-issued permits. Local activist Tayseer Sadaqa said Israeli military forces entered the village with demolition equipment and began destroying commercial properties along the main road connecting Anza with Jenin. Sadaqa said the demolitions were being carried out under the stated justification that the structures had been built without permits. The demolitions came as Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank face increased home demolitions, land seizures and settlement expansion, according to Palestinian sources. Palestinian authorities say Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 1,183 Palestinians, injured around 13,000 and arrested nearly 25,000 others in the West Bank since the escalation of the Gaza war in October 2023. Palestinians have warned that the continued demolitions, settlement expansion and attacks are aimed at changing realities on the ground and facilitating the eventual annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank, while undermining prospects for a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders.

Israeli forces continue to demolish homes West Bank Israel routinely demolishes family homes of Palestinians it accuses of being involved in attacks, seeing the policy as a deterrent, but critics say it amounts to collective punishment that leaves innocent family members homeless. Settlers have been attacking Palestinians on a nearly daily basis in the West Bank Published: 04:08 PM,Aug 11,2026 | EDITED : 08:08 PM,Aug 11,2026 NABLUS: Israeli forces on Tuesday demolished the home of a Palestinian who died in July in the most lethal clash in months in the occupied West Bank, residents and the army said. The clash broke out on July 24 when a group of Israeli settlers approached the town of Tell, leaving dead one settler, one soldier and four Palestinians including Farouq Ramadan, whose home was demolished. 'At around 8:15 am (05:15 GMT), the Israeli army blew up the apartment where the martyr Farouq Ramadan lived with his wife and five daughters,' Tell Mayor Walid Zaidan said. Zaidan said that about 30 Israeli military vehicles and engineering teams entered the village on Monday evening, evacuating residents of 30 houses surrounding Ramadan's home before the demolition. Journalists saw army engineers set up explosives and detonate the second-floor apartment where Ramadan had lived, after troops amassed from Monday evening. The army in a statement said troops 'demolished the house where the man who carried out the shooting' had lived. 'We will continue to take proactive and offensive action to thwart fighters throughout Judea and Samaria and to bring to justice Palestinians who sought to harm the citizens of the State of Israel,' it said, using a biblical name for the West Bank. Israeli army radio said the two-week timeline to demolish the house was an 'unprecedented record time'. Israel routinely demolishes family homes of Palestinians it accuses of being involved in attacks, seeing the policy as a deterrent, but critics say it amounts to collective punishment that leaves innocent family members homeless. Palestinians say the villagers in Tell came under attack from settlers. On July 24, footage showed Ramadan seizing an Israeli's weapon during a clash with settlers, leading an emergency response team from a nearby settlement to rush to the scene with ensuing gunfire. A military probe last week said that the soldier was killed by Palestinian fire, but could not conclusively determine whether the settler was killed by Palestinian or friendly fire. Ramadan was killed in the exchange of gunfire, but it was unclear who by. The Israeli army said on Monday it was banning from most of the West Bank a settler accused of physically abusing a Palestinian, despite an intervention his behalf by the defence minister. West Bank commander Major General Avi Bluth published an order banning Tal Yinon Dardik from all of the occupied territory with the exception of his settlement where he will be required to report to police twice daily. The army put Dardik in administrative detention, which it can do without charges or trials, but which is almost only used for Palestinian detainees. The case took on a political dimension when Israel Katz, defence minister in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet, visited Dardik and criticised his detention. Settlers have been attacking Palestinians on a nearly daily basis in the West Bank since the massive October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas, which is based in the separate Gaza Strip, subsequently devastated by an Israeli retaliatory offensive. Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, but in recent years the number of settlements in the Palestinian territory — which are illegal under international law — has soared. More than 500,000 Israelis live in settlements in the West Bank, home to around three million Palestinians. — AFP

ByPalestine Chronicle Staff The Israeli army has blown up the home of Palestinian Farouk Ramadan in the occupied West Bank, less than three weeks after he was killed while confronting an attack by Israeli settlers and forces on his town. Israeli forces stormed Tell, southwest of Nablus, and ordered Palestinians living in several neighboring homes to evacuate before demolishing the third floor of the residential building belonging to Ramadan. Ramadan was among four Palestinians killed during the attack on Tell in late July, which also left four others injured. According to local sources, Ramadan was unarmed when the attack began but managed to seize a weapon from an Israeli settler and opened fire on settlers and Israeli forces before being killed. The demolition of his home came as Israeli forces carried out additional operations targeting Palestinian property and infrastructure elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. 🔴 Israeli occupation forces blew up the family home of slain Palestinian Farouq Ramadan in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus. Ramadan, 41, was killed alongside three of his cousins on July 24 while defending the village against an attack by armed Israeli settler…pic.twitter.com/O6Mj4iDXU8 — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron)August 11, 2026 In the village of Anza, south of Jenin, Israeli forces entered with demolition vehicles and began destroying around 20 Palestinian shops and homes. Local activist Tayseer Sadaqa said shops along the main road connecting Anza with Jenin were among the structures targeted. “The demolitions are being carried out under the pretext of building without a permit,” Sadaqa said. The demolitions are part of a wider escalation in the destruction of Palestinian property occurring alongside the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements and the establishment of new illegal settlement outposts across the occupied territory. Israeli authorities have simultaneously advanced plans for approximately 650 housing units in a new illegal settlement south of Jerusalem. The Palestinian Jerusalem Governorate said the proposed “Nofei Rachel” settlement would cover approximately 27 dunams of land adjacent to Palestinian homes. Israeli rights group Ir Amim has also reported that Israeli occupation authorities advanced three major settlement projects comprising more than 3,400 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem in recent weeks. 🔴 Israeli occupation forces continue to demolish Palestinian-owned homes across the occupied West Bank, routinely citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits as justification for the demolitions.pic.twitter.com/RwkH4qlnqX — The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron)August 11, 2026 Israeli military operations on Monday also targeted Palestinian water infrastructure. Human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh said Israeli forces destroyed water pipelines in the Atouf and Ras al-Ahmar areas of the Tubas governorate. According to Daraghmeh, the area has experienced months of Israeli operations involving the bulldozing of agricultural land, destruction of water networks and filling in of artesian wells, causing substantial losses to Palestinian farmers. In the northern Jordan Valley, Israeli forces also detained two Palestinian brothers in the Ein al-Hilweh area. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers set fire to agricultural land east of Jaljaliya, near Ramallah, before Palestinian Civil Defense crews managed to contain the blaze. Local council head Osama Nazmi said settlers had established an outpost in the area approximately a year earlier and seized Palestinian homes belonging to residents of nearby Al-Mazraa Al-Sharqiya. Since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, Israeli military and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank have killed more than 1,180 Palestinians and injured approximately 13,000, while tens of thousands have been arrested. Why Tell Matters: Is the West Bank Approaching a New Intifada? (Anadolu, QNN, PC) By Shaimaa Eid In Gaza, unexploded missiles and bombs now pose a silent, lingering threat to civilians, turning everyday life into a deadly gamble, as reported by Shaimaa Eid. Under Gaza’s sky, where the scent[…] An international team of doctors has documented a disturbing pattern of fatal gunshot wounds among Gaza’s children, with forensic experts warning the injuries strongly suggest deliberate targeting. An international team of doctors working in Gaza[…] By Robert Inlakesh The Trump-Netanyahu plan, which has left out Hamas, clarifies Israeli refusal to allow any path to a Palestinian State. The highly anticipated press conference, this Monday, hosted at the White House between[…]

The Israeli military on Tuesday denounced the “illegal, reprehensible and unacceptable” establishment of settler outposts inside Palestinian villages in the West Bank in recent days, but did not explain why it had not dismantled them or why, in a recent example, troops prayed with civilians rather than removing them from the area. On the outskirts of Qusra, south of Nablus, a Palestinian family has been prevented from entering or leaving since Sunday due to the settlers outside. Soldiers were filmed on Sunday arriving at the structure erected by the settlers and praying with them. On Tuesday evening, a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance arrived, evacuated a girl whose family wanted her to receive medical treatment, and brought some food to the two besieged families there. Last month, settlers surrounded a home in the nearby village of Jalud for more than two weeks, after which the family living there fled, and settlers took over the property. Settlers remain in the Jalud home to this day, and its owners have been unable to return. “In recent weeks, several reports have been received of Israeli civilians entering and taking control of Palestinian homes and land in the areas of Qusra and Jalud. This is illegal, reprehensible and unacceptable activity that harms the residents of the areas and disrupts their daily lives,” the IDF said in a statement. The military said that following these incidents, “and in light of reports of disturbances, a closed military zone order was issued in the area for anyone who is not a resident of the area.” The army said that it “strongly condemns incidents of this kind” and that “should it be determined that IDF reservists or active-duty soldiers are involved in such incidents, they will face disciplinary action.” Regarding an incident Monday in Qusra, where soldiers prevented a Palestinian ambulance carrying a foreign journalist from approaching the family’s home, the army said that the ambulance entering the closed military zone had been coordinated, but “upon the ambulance’s arrival at the checkpoint, IDF soldiers identified Israeli civilians inside who attempted to enter the area subject to the closed military zone order under the ambulance’s cover.” “As a result, the IDF soldiers operating at the checkpoint conducted an inspection of the ambulance. Subsequently, the ambulance was inspected by the Israel Police,” the military said. Since a deadly clash in the village of Tell last month, Israeli settlers have established 13 illegal outposts in the area. Two were demolished overnight by Israeli authorities. A military source said the demolitions of the illegal structures were intended “to curb this serious phenomenon, to protect residents and maintain order.” However, the IDF did not explain why the outposts were not yet razed nor respond when asked why troops have not removed settlers from the area despite the closed military zone order. Demolishing the outposts would likely require the approval of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is also a minister in charge of settlement affairs in the Defense Ministry and has worked aggressively to expand Israel’s footprint in the West Bank. Also Tuesday, a Palestinian who moved into his brother’s home on the outskirts of Qusra four months ago said he too was trapped there with his son by settlers since Sunday. Qusai Abu Ridi told The Times of Israel that no one has been able to enter or leave the house because of the outpost settlers established near the entrance. He said it was the same outpost that has also left Youssef Hassan’s family trapped in their adjacent home. Abu Ridi said his brother, who owns the house, lives in the United States. He moved into the property after settler attacks in which security cameras were smashed and further damage was caused, saying he wanted to stay there to protect the house. He and his 18-year-old son have now been trapped inside since Sunday, he said. Abu Ridi said settlers have cut the home’s water and electricity lines in recent days. He added that from the house, he could see IDF troops coming and going several times a day from the area where the settlers were gathered. “Even someone in prison is given food. We have no food,” he said. “In the end, if they don’t provide us with food, we’ll leave.” Meanwhile, the left-wing Yesh Din organization sent an urgent appeal to IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, demanding that the outpost be evacuated, that its residents be prevented from remaining there, and that the safety of the Palestinians trapped in their homes be ensured. More than 2,200 Palestinians have been displaced this year due to settler violence or access restrictions, while hundreds more have been displaced due to home demolitions by Israeli authorities, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the United Nations secretary-general, citing the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in June. Settler violence has mounted in recent years, with near-daily, sometimes deadly attacks taking place throughout the West Bank, but few suspects arrested and charged. Critics accuse the government of condoning or even encouraging the attacks. The number of serious incidents of “nationalistic crime” committed by extremist Jewish settlers in the West Bank surged by 63 percent during the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, from 405 attacks to 660 attacks in the corresponding periods, the Kan public broadcaster reported Monday, citing security establishment figures. Such offenses are classified by Israeli security bodies as terrorism. Palestinian casualties from settler violence climbed sharply as well, with 140 Palestinians wounded and six killed during the first half of the year, compared with 82 wounded and none killed during the same period last year. Times of Israel staff contributed to this report. 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Israeli occupation forces blew up the home of martyr Farouk Ramadan in the village of Tell south-west of Nablus in the northern West Bank, hours after invading the village and forcing dozens of Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in the vicinity of the targeted building. Al Jazeera journalist Laith Jarrar reported that Israeli forces, backed by dozens of military vehicles, surrounded the area around the three-story building before sending in engineering teams that planted quantities of explosives inside it and then carried out the detonation. He added that the occupation forces forced residents of neighboring homes to leave, informing them not to return until after the operation ended and the forces withdrew from the area. According to local sources, Israeli forces converted a number of nearby houses into temporary military barracks during the raid, while attacks on several Palestinians were recorded. The demolition comes in execution of a decision issued by the commander of the Israeli Army’s Central Command, Aviv Blot, ordering the demolition of the home of martyr Farouk Ramadan, whom Israel accuses of responsibility for a shooting attack in July that killed Israeli soldiers, one of them an officer, and wounded two others. The demolition is also described as following clashes that erupted after settlers’ raid on the village. Ramadan was martyred on the 24th of the previous month during an assault carried out by settlers under Israeli army protection on the outskirts of Tell, according to Palestinian sources. At that time, four Palestinians were martyred and others were injured, while two Israelis were killed, one of them an army officer, and two others wounded. Since that incident, the village of Tell has witnessed repeated Israeli incursions and ongoing assaults on its residents, in parallel with attacks carried out by settlers in the area. Local sources also reported that settlers have set up caravans and tents on lands owned by Palestinians inside the town.

Israeli forces bombed, on Tuesday morning, the home of Palestinian citizen Farooq Ramadan in the Tel village, southwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank. The Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) reported that the Israeli occupation forces bombed, on Tuesday morning, the home of martyr Farooq Ramadan in the Tel village, southwest of Nablus. It noted that the occupation forces entered the village on Monday evening and forced residents of some homes to evacuate in preparation for demolishing the martyr Ramadan’s house. It pointed out that Israeli soldiers and extremist settlers carried out, on July 24, a massacre in Tel that resulted in the martyrdom of four members of one family and the injury of four others as villagers resisted an attack by settlers. Follow-up | Moment of the explosion of the martyr Farooq Ramadan’s family home by occupation forces in Tel, southwest of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/P6OhiehiNA — Palestinian Center for Information (PalinfoAr) August 11, 2026. Ramadan was killed on the 24th of the previous month after an evacuation of the town by settlers and Israeli forces, during which he confronted a guard, wrested his weapon, and fired, killing an Israeli officer and a soldier. In turn, Hamas leader Abdul-Rahman Shaheed affirmed that the occupation’s policy of destroying the homes of martyrs and fighters in the West Bank will not deter our Palestinian people from clinging to their land and resisting the terrorism of the settlers and the fascist Israeli army. Shihab News Agency quoted Shaheed as saying: “What happened in the Tel village, southwest of Nablus, by exploding the home of the heroic martyr Farooq Ramadan, expresses the sadism of the criminal occupation which uses all means of terrorism and collective punishment against our Palestinian people.” The leader urged “the Palestinian people in the West Bank to unite, support the families of the martyrs and the owners of the demolished homes, and assist them in every available way, embrace them, and bolster their steadfastness—so that the occupation’s objectives behind demolishing and destroying homes are not realized.” He stressed that “what the West Bank is undergoing—killing, judaization, land confiscation, and attempts to displace our people from their villages and towns—demands unity, confrontation, and steadfastness on their land and property, and the defense of their rights by all means at their disposal.”

Wednesday, 12 August 2026 Tuesday, 11-August-2026 The Palestinian Information Center Israeli occupation forces bombed the home of martyr Farouk Ramadan in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank, after hours of storming the village and forcing dozens of Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in the vicinity of the targeted building. Occupation forces storm the home of the Martyr Farouk Ramadan’s family; preparing to demolish it, and compel residents in surrounding houses to exit their homes in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/AgZRt7toqO And the occupation forces surrounded the area around the three-story home with dozens of military vehicles before sending engineering teams to plant quantities of explosives inside it, then carried out the demolition operation. 🎥 Video | Moment of the occupation forces’ demolition of the home of martyr Sheikh Farouk Ramadan in the village of Tell, southwest of Nablus. pic.twitter.com/zEmBmHfOHM The occupation forces forced the residents of nearby homes to leave, and informed them not to return until the operation ends and the forces withdraw from the area. During the assault, the occupation forces converted a number of nearby homes into temporary military barracks, while attacks on several Palestinians were recorded. The occupation forces continue to raid the area around the home of the martyr Sheikh Farouk Ramadan in the village of Tell. pic.twitter.com/kNJIzq7Wio The forces carried out the demolition under a decision issued by the Israeli army, which orders the demolition of the home of martyr Farouk Ramadan, whom Israel accuses of being responsible for a shooting attack that occurred in July, which killed Israeli soldiers, including an officer, and injured two others, following clashes triggered by settler incursions into the village. Ramadan was martyred on the 24th of last month during an attack carried out by settlers under the protection of the Israeli army on the outskirts of Tell. A media site specializing in the Palestinian issue in its legal, human, political, and civilizational dimensions, founded in 1997, which pioneered covering Palestine news, and carries the slogan: Palestine’s Voice to the World, and the World’s Voice to Palestine. All rights reserved – The Palestinian Information Center – © 2026

The terrorism of settlers is spreading in the West Bank without deterrence Tuesday / 27 Safar / 1448 AH - 19:41 - Tuesday, August 11, 2026 19:41 Palestinian Territories - WAFA: The Israeli army today blew up a Palestinian home killed by Israeli settlers during an clash in the village of Tell in the northern West Bank occupied territories in July. The head of the Tell village council, Walid Zidan, said that the Israeli army blew up the residential apartment that the martyr Farouk Ramadan lived in with his wife and five daughters. Zidan explained that about 30 Israeli vehicles accompanied by engineering crews raided the village on Monday evening, and the army evacuated 30 houses surrounding the Ramadan family home, which is two stories, before blowing up the upper floor. The Palestinian News Agency WAFA said that "the Israeli occupation forces stormed the village last evening, Monday, and forced the residents of some houses to evacuate ahead of the demolition of martyr Ramadan’s house." It noted that "the occupation soldiers and terrorist settlers carried out on July 24 a massacre in Tell that left four members of one family dead and four others wounded as the village residents confronted the settlers' assault." Troops were deployed around the house, while engineering crews prepared and blew up the upper floor where Ramadan resided. Smoke columns rose from the house after the blast. The clashes between Palestinians from the village of Tell and settlers at the end of July left Ramadan and three of his relatives dead: brothers Ibrahim and Jawad Hussein Ramadan, and Imran Ahmed Ramadan, as well as two Israelis. The Israeli army acknowledged it had demolished the house and said it would continue to take "preemptive and offensive" measures. The house was blown up on Tuesday despite an Israeli army inquiry published on August 5, which concluded that a fire that was friendly fire caused the death of the settler. The inquiry also concluded that it "cannot determine the cause of the fatal injury to reserve captain Binyahu Melt". According to the inquiry, Melt "might have been killed either by the attacker’s gunfire or by crossfire while trying to neutralize the attackers," referring to the Palestinians. The Israeli Army Radio deemed the demolition of a home belonging to a suspect in an attack within two weeks as an unprecedented watershed moment. Violence has escalated in the West Bank since the Gaza war began. Meanwhile, Hamas leader Abdul-Rahman Shadid said that "the occupation policy of destroying the homes of martyrs and fighters in the West Bank will not deter our Palestinian people from clinging to their land and facing settler terrorism and the fascist occupation army." Shadid told the Shihab News Agency that what happened in the Tell village southwest of Nablus, the demolition of martyr Farouk Ramadan’s home, reflects the sadism of the criminal occupation that uses every method of terrorism and collective punishment against our Palestinian people. The leader called on "the Palestinian people in the West Bank to unite and support the families of the martyrs and those whose homes were destroyed, and to support them by all available means, welcoming them and strengthening their resilience, so that the occupation’s goals from demolishing and destroying homes do not come true." He stressed that what the West Bank endures in killings, Judaization, land confiscation, and attempts to drive our people from their towns and villages requires everyone’s unity, confrontation, steadfastness on their land and property, and defense of their rights by all means at their disposal. The settlements in the West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, where 3 million Palestinians live, are illegal under international law. The current population of these settlements is estimated at about half a million, not counting the settlers in East Jerusalem, which exceed 200,000. Separately, six Palestinians, including children and women, were wounded today in a settler attack on the village of al-Mughiyr, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank. WAFA cited the vice-chairman of the al-Mughiyr village council, Marzouq Abu Naim, as saying that "dozens of settlers - under the protection of the occupation forces - attacked villagers in Wadi al-Mughiyr and fired tear gas at them while they were tilling their land, causing six people to suffocate, including three children, two women, and another man." According to the agency, "the village of al-Mughiyr and the surrounding villages and towns northeast of Ramallah continue to face ongoing assaults by settlers, in addition to ongoing Israeli incursions."

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News briefing – Hamas official Abdulrahman Shadeed confirmed that the occupation’s policy of destroying the homes of martyrs and fighters in the West Bank will not deter the Palestinian people from clinging to their land and resisting the terror of settlers and the occupation army. Shadeed said today, Tuesday, that what happened in the village of Tel, southwest of Nablus, with the explosion of the home of martyr Farouq Ramadan, expresses the brutality of the criminal occupation which uses all means of terrorism and collective punishment against our Palestinian people. He called on the Palestinian people in the West Bank to unite, support the families of the martyrs and the owners of the destroyed homes, assist them by all available means, embrace them, and strengthen their resilience, so that the occupation’s aims behind demolishing and destroying homes will not be achieved. He stressed that the West Bank is facing killing, judaization, land confiscation, and attempts to displace our people from their villages and towns, which requires unity, confrontation, firmness on their land and property, and steadfastness in defending their rights by all means at their disposal. Israeli occupation forces had blown up the home of martyr Farouq Ramadan in the village of Tel, southwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank, hours after storming the village and forcing dozens of Palestinian families to evacuate their homes around the targeted building. Israeli forces, supported by dozens of military vehicles, surrounded the area around the three-story building before pushing in engineering teams that planted quantities of explosives inside it, and then carried out the demolition operation.

Al-Quds News Agency - Follow-up The Palestinian Military Liaison announced this evening, Monday, that the Israeli occupation forces intend to blow up the house of martyr Farouk Adnan Ali Ramadan in the town of Tel, southwest of Nablus, within the coming hours of tonight. Local sources reported that a large force stormed the home of martyr Ramadan in Tel in preparation for demolishing it, while several houses in the vicinity of the town were evacuated. Violent clashes erupted between youths and the occupation forces as a large force entered Tel in preparation for demolishing the home of martyr Farouk Ramadan. The occupation forces had previously stormed Tel town, closed the Ramadan family’s house and prevented family members from entering, and conducted engineering measurements of the house in preparation for its demolition. The decision to blow up the house comes about two weeks after the martyrdom of Ramadan, who fell on July 24 last year during an Israeli operation in Tel that coincided with attacks carried out by settlers against civilians. During the confrontation, Ramadan managed to seize a weapon from one of the settlers’ security guards before opening fire during the clash, and he later died after reinforcement arrived for the occupation forces. The assault operations resulted in the martyrdom of Ramadan, as well as three members of his family: Imran Ahmed Ali Ramadan, Ibrahim Hussain Ali Ramadan, and Jawad Hussain Ali Ramadan, while the Israeli army announced the killing of a officer and a soldier and the injury of others during the clash. Following the events, the occupation forces intensified their measures in the town and the Nablus Governorate, carrying out broad operations of raids and arrests, while also sealing off Ramadan’s house and preventing his family from returning to it, before facilitating its demolition by taking its engineering measurements. The targeting of the martyr’s home is part of a policy of demolishing the homes of martyrs’ families that the occupation authorities carry out in the West Bank, amid broad Palestinian criticism of these measures as a form of collective punishment affecting family members and their belongings because of the actions of one of its members. Tel town awaits in the coming hours amid fears of the occupation forces carrying out the demolition operation, at a time when wide areas of the West Bank are witnessing a continued escalation of incursions, arrests, assaults, and home demolitions.