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Israeli Soldiers' Excrement in Cooking Pots: When the IDF Took Over Hundreds of Houses in the West Bank

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Damage caused by Israeli soldiers inside the Amouri family's home, in June.
Damage caused by Israeli soldiers inside the Amouri family's home, in June.
Damage caused by Israeli soldiers inside the Amouri family's home, in June. Credit: Courtesy of the family
Damage caused by Israeli soldiers inside the Amouri family's home, in June. Credit: Courtesy of the family

During Israel's war with Iran, the military occupied some 250 homes and apartments across the West Bank, converting them into makeshift bases and interrogation centers. When soldiers left, residents returned to houses in disarray

Amira Hass

Uprooted doors, broken cupboards, overturned shelves with their contents scattered across the floor, filthy toilets, broken cisterns, heaps of clothing and mattresses in disarray, and blankets smeared with feces – these are the scenes that greeted the Amouri family when they returned to their home in Balata, the largest refugee camp in the West Bank. They had been forced to leave after Israeli soldiers turned their house into a temporary base.

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