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An Israeli bulldozer demolishes a house in Rafah, April 2025.

‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction

While airstrikes account for mass casualties, bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable, a joint investigation reveals.

By Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv May 15, 2025

A Bedouin girl from Umm al-Hiran takes photos at a demonstration against the destruction of the village, August 27, 2015. (photo: Michal Rotem)

The Bedouin children trying to stop bulldozers with their cameras

As the bulldozers start building the Jewish town of Hiran, the children of the Bedouin village Umm al-Hiran are joining the struggle to save their homes. By Michal Rotem The children of the unrecognized Bedouin village Umm al-Hiran started their summer vacation in an usual way. The future of the village in which they grew up…

By +972 Magazine September 6, 2015

An Israeli bulldozer carries uprooted olive trees to make way for Israel's separation wall, in the West Bank town of Beit Jala near the Jewish settlement of Gilo and adjacent to the biblical Palestinian town of Bethlehem, August 20, 2015. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Dozens of Palestinian-owned trees uprooted to build separation wall

Dozens of Palestinian-owned olive trees uprooted to complete separation wall that will eventually fully encircle the Bethlehem area. Text and photos by Oren Ziv / Activestills.org The Israeli Defense Ministry renewed its efforts to build a section of the separation wall in the Bethlehem area this week, sending bulldozers and Border Policemen to uproot dozens…

By Activestills August 21, 2015

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Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protest against Israeli plans to build new settlements in the E1 area of the West Bank, Eizariya, West Bank, March 17, 2015. (Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Israeli army arrests 7 in action against E1 settlement

While Israel was headed to the polls, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists protested Israeli construction in the E1 area of the West Bank near Jerusalem. Text and photos by Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills.org Palestinian, international and Israeli activists protested against Israeli plans to seize and build in the E1 area, which would cut off the…

By Activestills March 18, 2015

American activist Rachel Corrie (photo: Rachel Corrie Foundation)

In Rachel Corrie verdict, Israel deals new blow to international law

The verdict on the 2003 killing of Rachel Corrie absolved Israel of any wrongdoing, essentially blaming the victim for her death. The trial revealed Israel’s approach to the most fundamental principles of international law, and especially to the duty to protect non-combatants. By Jeff Halper For those who hoped for a just verdict on the…

By +972 Magazine August 28, 2012

Palestinian children n front of their destroyed home in Zenuta, August 28 2012 (Operation Dove)

Israeli army destroys water cisterns and dwellings in southern West Bank

Israeli bulldozers entered the Palestinian village of Zenuta in the South Hebron Hills Tuesday morning and demolished water cisterns, residential dwellings and sheep stables, devastating the small community of only seven families. By Sean O’Neill Zenuta, West Bank – At around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, a group of Palestinians from the village of Zenuta watched…

By +972 Magazine August 28, 2012