Jiyus: Twenty-one Palestinians were displaced Sunday after Israeli forces demolished their family home in the town of Jiyus, north of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank. According to a Palestinian rights organization, the demolition has left the family, which includes children and elderly members, without shelter.

According to Anadolu Agency, Bedouin rights group Al-Baydar stated that the 160-square-meter (1,722-square-foot) house was demolished due to the alleged lack of a building permit. Israeli authorities prohibit construction or land reclamation in Area C of the West Bank without permits that Palestinians say are 'nearly impossible' to obtain.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission reported that Israel carried out 59 demolition operations in January, targeting 126 Palestinian structures, including 77 inhabited homes. It also reported 40 additional demolition notices, mostly concentrated in Hebron.

Separately, the Israeli government on Sunday approved a proposal to register large areas of the occupied West Bank as 'state property' for the first time since the Israeli occupation of the territory in 1967. This move comes amidst intensified operations in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the start of its military campaign in Gaza on Oct. 8, 2023.

Palestinian estimates indicate at least 1,112 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, about 11,500 wounded, and more than 21,000 detained during this period. In July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.