Hundreds of Border Police officers and Civil Administration personnel demolished four homes in overnight raids on hilltop outposts and farms across the West Bank, according to Israeli media reports. The demolitions took place in the Binyamin region (Tel Talpiyot), Gush Etzion (Kochav Yehuda farm), and northern Samaria (Sha'agat Yehuda farm), with a fourth site near Esh Kodesh also destroyed. Residents reported aggressive tactics including the use of stun grenades, confiscation of livestock, and destruction of personal belongings including a baby crib and children's playground equipment.
In one of the largest single-night demolition operations observed recently in the West Bank, hundreds of Border Police and Civil Administration personnel raided at least four settlement outposts and farms overnight on Wednesday–Thursday. The primary demolition took place at Tel Talpiyot in the Binyamin region, near Shilo, where three family homes were destroyed. The Civil Administration’s bulldozer crushed the residences and their contents, including a baby crib, bedding, children’s trampoline, and furniture. One family had been released from the hospital just two days earlier after the birth of a daughter, according to resident accounts. At the Kochav Yehuda farm between Tekoa and Efrat in Gush Etzion, over 100 officers used stun grenades and destroyed a family home and a dormitory building. In northern Samaria, officers completely demolished the Sha’agat Yehuda farm, and a fourth building was razed near the community of Esh Kodesh in Binyamin. The raids also included the confiscation of horses and an attempt to seize livestock. No arrests were reported in the immediate accounts, though some residents described the demolitions as violent and rapid. The operation follows a record month in May, which saw at least 57 demolition events across Judea and Samaria, according to figures cited by local residents and Israeli media.
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