Israeli lawmaker smashes Palestinian memorial with sledgehammer during West Bank tour with IDF

A member of Israel’s parliament vandalized a memorial to dead Palestinians in the West Bank this week, generating intense backlash from all sides. Lawmaker Zvi Sukkot, a member of the Religious Zionist Party, was taking a military-guided tour in Kafr Madama on Tuesday when he began recording, pulled out a sledgehammer,

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Videos showed Israeli troops standing by as Zvi Sukkot attacked the monument with a sledgehammer. The military said soldiers had stopped the demolition.

Israeli lawmaker smashes Palestinian memorial in occupied West Bank Nadav Rapaport on Tue, 08/25/2026 - 15:13 Zvi Sukkot used a sledgehammer to destroy the monument near Nablus, despite the Israeli army saying the demolition was not authorised People inspect the damaged Palestinian memoria

Right-wing Israeli politician Zvi Sukkot vandalised a memorial to Palestinians killed in the Gaza war, then uploaded a video of it online.

The far-right Israeli lawmaker Tzvi Sukkot and his staff members smashed the monument, saying this was done in coordination with the army.

Smotrich reportedly told Sukkot he should not have acted without proper authorization and authority, and demanded that he not do it again.

The Israeli military condemned the act, saying it was a misuse of security protection.

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A Palestinian-American has returned to his home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra to protect it from Israeli settlers, amid a surge in attacks and settlement expansion.

The violence came as tensions were running high after the Israeli government published a tender for the construction of houses in a West Bank settlement near Jerusalem.

There has been a significant expansion of building and road construction on Palestinian land occupied by Israel in recent years.

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