Israeli forces demolish homes and farms near Ramallah villages

Israeli bulldozers demolished several Palestinian homes and agricultural structures across villages northwest of Ramallah on Wednesday, leaving dozens displaced, local officials say.

• In Shuqba, occupation forces levelled four homes and two agricultural barracks.

• Adnan Shalash, head of the village council, told the Palestinian news agency Wafa that soldiers stormed the eastern area of the village before demolishing a 180 sqm house belonging to Salama al-Masri.

• Nearby, they destroyed a two-storey home owned by his sons, Moataz and Hani al-Masri - each floor measuring 150 sqm.

• Another house, belonging to Ziad Zayed Hassan and home to six people, was also razed.

• Shalash said forces emptied the houses of all belongings before flattening them.

• In Umm Safa, occupation forces tore down the home of Khaled Abu Allan, whose property lies near an Israeli settler outpost established last year.

• Abu Allan had already seen dozens of fruit trees uprooted and his water well filled by Israeli forces two months ago.

These demolitions are part of a growing trend of displacement targeting Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces.