{"id":54708,"date":"2025-12-03T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/family-home-of-suspect-demolished-in-west-bank\/03\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:27:58","slug":"family-home-of-suspect-demolished-in-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/family-home-of-suspect-demolished-in-west-bank\/03\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Family home of suspect demolished in West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Nablus, occupied West Bank \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Sanoubar family say the Israeli soldiers only gave them two minutes to leave their homes. Then, the apartment block the extended family lived in was demolished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The explosion in Nablus on Tuesday shook the area as huge clouds of dust and smoke billowed out of the building\u2019s floors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The home belonged to the extended family of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a 30-year-old bombing suspect currently detained in Israel. More than 30 people lived in the apartment building, all punished collectively for the alleged actions of Sanoubar.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">\u2018They did this to frighten us\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sanoubar, a high-profile prisoner who was arrested in July this year, is notorious among Israeli authorities for evading their capture for five months after being accused of conspiring to perpetrate bus bombings in <span>Bat Yam near Tel Aviv in February<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No one was injured or killed in the incident, as the explosives went off while the buses were parked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sanoubar was eventually captured after a two-day manhunt in Nablus, in which Israeli forces stormed hospitals and residential buildings near Sanoubar\u2019s family home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After the demolition, Sanoubar\u2019s uncle, Moayed, condemned Israel\u2019s destruction of a building \u201cwhen the people inside have nothing to do with any crime\u201d as an \u201cact of terrorism\u201d against his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe\u2019re not the terrorists; they are,\u201d he told Al Jazeera. \u201cThis is completely unjust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sanoubar\u2019s father, Amer, 61, said the destruction of his home was the latest act in an onslaught of \u201ccollective punishment\u201d imposed on his family over his son\u2019s alleged crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey did this to frighten us,\u201d he said. \u201cThey want to make sure no young Palestinian ever thinks of carrying a single bullet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He gestured wildly, surrounded by the dusty ruins of his lifelong home, now with a gaping hole looking out over west Nablus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt is meant as a deterrent action against the entire Palestinian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army informed them that their now-demolished home had also been confiscated, making it illegal for them to return to it or rebuild the damaged skeleton that is still standing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Israeli army said that the home had been demolished as part of the so-called \u201cOperation Five Stones\u201d, which it launched in late November as a \u201ccounterterrorism\u201d operation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Amer Sanoubar [right], Abdul Karim\u2019s father, says he has been detained three times since his son was detained [Al Jazeera]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Collective punishment<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel\u2019s punitive destruction of homes in the occupied West Bank is widely denounced as a strategy of collective punishment, condemned as being against international law by human rights groups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sanoubar\u2019s brothers, Ahmad and Omar, aged 31 and 33 respectively, have also been imprisoned since their younger brother was detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All three siblings are being held under Israel\u2019s system of <span>administrative detention<\/span>, which allows prisoners to be jailed indefinitely without trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amer, the father, says he has been detained three times since Sanoubar was accused of the bombing, and Sanoubar\u2019s mother and sister have also been detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israeli soldiers have stormed the family apartments on several occasions, destroying furniture and possessions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Amer said the punitive actions were an effort to coerce his son into surrendering while he was on the run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family received a demolition notice in April and was given just 72 hours to file an objection, which the Israeli courts rejected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The demolition was scheduled for November 18, and the family says it has been on tenterhooks awaiting the sound of military vehicles since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe devastation caused by the blast inside our apartment building is unimaginable,\u201d Amer added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sanoubar\u2019s displaced family is now scattered around Nablus and the surrounding areas, sheltering with different family members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Other families living nearby, who were evacuated for the demolition, have returned to their homes, many with external damage to repair, such as shattered windows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The remains of Sanoubar\u2019s top-floor bedroom were visible from the roof, including the words \u201cWe fight so we can live\u201d emblazoned on the wall.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"epa12564005 An Israeli soldier prepares explosive devices to demolish the house of Palestinian prisoner Abdul Karim Sanoubar in the West Bank city of Nablus, 02 December 2025. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces demolished the apartment of imprisoned Palestinian Abdul Karim Sanoubar in the West Bank village of Zawata, west of Nablus, following a raid at dawn. Sanoubar was detained by Israeli forces on 20 February 2025. EPA\/ALAA BADARNEH\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"770\" height=\"517\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/uMn4ITVOzpqtVn.rTiRrVw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0NTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/al_jazeera_289\/d4fff06f95f58cee04402bfe80a9f840\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>An Israeli soldier prepares explosive devices to demolish the house of Palestinian prisoner Abdul Karim Sanoubar in the West Bank city of Nablus, December 2, 2025 [Alaa Badarneh\/EPA]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/collective-punishment-family-home-suspect-185556422.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nablus, occupied West Bank &ndash;&nbsp;The Sanoubar family say the Israeli soldiers only gave them two minutes to leave their homes. 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