**April 7–8, 2025 in Salfit **

On April 7

• shop owners in the occupied West Bank town of Salfit shuttered their businesses in solidarity with the global strike for Gaza.

• Later that evening, Israeli occupation forces raided Salfit, arresting several Palestinians in a wide-scale operation.

On April 8

• The Israeli forces escalated their campaign of systematic demolition and destruction across the West Bank, targeting Palestinian homes in Salfit, Bethlehem, and Ramallah :

1. Two houses inhabited by ten Palestinians were demolished in Burqin, west of Salfit city according to Wassim Sabra, one of the homeowners.

2. A third house was demolished in Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem, due to an alleged lack of building permits.

3. In the early hours of the morning, Israeli bulldozers stormed the Baqaan area west of Salfit, demolishing two homes belonging to Mohammad Khaled Sabrah and Alaa Mahmoud Barakat. Both families had been living in these homes for over seven years.

The Israeli authorities also issued demolition orders to dozens of residents in the area, reflecting an organized effort to forcibly displace Palestinians from Area C, as part of a broader and intensifying settlement policy. Israel often uses the pretext of lacking construction permits to justify the demolition of Palestinian homes. These demolitions are particularly common in Area C of the occupied West Bank. Area C, under full Israeli administrative and security control, comprises about 60% of the West Bank.

Pogrom in Bidya

Meanwhile, in the nearby town of Bidya, Zionist settlers invaded at dawn, set fire to the Flora wedding hall, and vandalized the area with racist, anti-Arab graffiti on walls in the town, including "death to Arabs.". Pictures also showed graffiti sprayed on walls in the town, reading “Revenge,” “Death to Arabs,” and “Fight the enemy, not the friend.”. No injuries were reported in the apparent arson and vandalism attack. By the time the Palestinian Authority’s security forces arrived, the attackers had fled. Authorities have since documented the aftermath.

Murder in Harsi intersection

Tragically, Israeli occupation forces also shot and killed a Palestinian woman at a traffic light near the Haris intersection, west of Salfit. According to the Israeli narrative, the woman allegedly attacked soldiers with a knife and stones before being fatally shot.