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Israel displaces hundreds of Palestinians amid wave of demolitions in West Bank

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Israel displaces hundreds of Palestinians amid wave of demolitions in West Bank Submitted by Sari Jaradat on Thu, 09/24/2026 - 12:21 Israeli forces raze 24 homes in Janba village in Masafer Yatta, leaving 176 people without shelter, as demolitions escalate Approximately 85 children were among 176 Palestinians left homeless by Israeli demolitions in the occupied West Bank village of Janba on 23 September 2026 (Sari Jaradat/MEE) Off Israeli forces carried out a mass home demolition campaign in a village in the southern occupied West Bank on Wednesday, leaving dozens of Palestinians homeless. Military bulldozers and soldiers arrived in Janba, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, early in the day and demolished 24 residential structures, 16 agricultural structures, 16 solar panels and 14 water tanks, according to Israeli rights group B’Tselem . Around 176 people were displaced, including 85 children. “We lost our home; we lost three rooms – the kitchen, the sheep shed and the bread oven,” Na