Demolition campaigns and settler attacks in Idhna village

On April 29, 2025, Israeli authorities demolished five homes in the village of Idhna, west of Hebron in the West Bank, under the pretext of building without a permit in Area C and the homes’ proximity to the separation wall. Najwa Aghrib, the mother of two brothers, Khalil and Eid al-Jiyawi, whose homes were demolished, is seen crying and screaming after the destruction of their houses, which sheltered about 13 people.

Photos: Mosab Shawer /Activestills.

On June 3, 2026, around 8:00 a.m., a group of settlers in the eastern area of the town of Idhna set fire to large areas of farmland planted with wheat and barley belonging to local residents. As residents attempted to confront the settlers and extinguish the fires, Israeli forces intervened and fired stun grenades and tear gas at them.

On June 5, 2026, three Palestinians were injured in a settler attack in the Galatia area near Idhna, west of Hebron. Two were shot with live ammunition—one seriously in the abdomen—and a third was beaten. Meanwhile, settlers continued a second day of activities aimed at taking over local land, plowing fields, raising Israeli flags, blocking access roads, and preventing Palestinian landowners from reaching their property. The incidents occurred amid broader Israeli military raids and arrest operations across the occupied West Bank.

On July 7, 2026, around 10:25, the Israeli forces demolished, in the Al-Ras area of the town of Idhna, a house owned by the citizen Mahdi Muhammad Hashem Al-Batran, under the pretext of not having a license.