“The Israeli forces took over my house and then set him fire.”

Nasser Fratawi holds a black wreath of silicone flowers and lansean in Ramadan as he chooses the charred ruins of the famous party store in Tolkram in the occupied West Bank.

On the top floor, on the three floors when his luxurious apartments for his family were, writing on the walls is equipped on the walls – including penis drawings in the living room and his daughter’s bedroom.

The expensive furniture was broken or expelled from the window, and luxurious decorations were torn, and each page of the Qur’an is torn, and it is a result of rotten food.

“They came and destroyed me,” Nasser told me. “All this is seen as destroyed because I live in this city – because I am Palestinian.”

On March 3, the Israeli army arrived at Fratawi’s property and gave the family an hour and a half to leave. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) seized the building while carrying out a huge operation near, at the Tulkarm refugee camp.

“They took it as a base for the army and lived in it for three and a half months, and used it like the hotel, then lit it,” Nasser says.

He watches from a distance, he says he saw on June 11 that a fire had started his warehouse and store – where the local residents used to bring their cars to be decorated for wedding parties.

“It was very difficult for me to see my work burning. All I did, for more than 30 years,” Nasser says. Live remained a closed military area, and he was not allowed to return until the beginning of this month.

When asked about the state of property, the Israeli army told the BBC that “he is not aware of any burning committed by its forces on the site,” and that a complaint has been filed regarding the incident “and it is under review.”

The Israeli Defense Army statement continued: “The destruction of civil property by the soldiers is inconsistent with the values ​​of the Israeli Defense Army. Accidents that deviate from the orders and values ​​of the Israeli Defense Army will be examined, investigated and addressed by the leaders.” He did not comment on writing on the walls.

Since Hamas’s deadly attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 raised the brutal war in the Gaza Strip, the world has focused largely there. But the tensions also rose in the West Bank, as the attacks of the Israeli settlers and the military operations that Israel say are aimed at Palestinian militants.

The United Nations says more than 900 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank through the work of the Israeli Defense Army and settlers during that period. Meanwhile, more than 60 Israelis were killed in attacks by the Palestinians or in armed clashes in the West Bank and Israel.

During the main Israeli operations, Palestinian homes are used routinely as temporary military bases and interrogation centers, with reference to the Israeli Defense Army.

The Israeli army said: “In order to locate and dismantle terrorism infrastructure, the Israeli Defense Army is sometimes required to work from inside the homes in the area for different periods of time, according to operational needs and field conditions.”

She says she works according to international humanitarian law and takes “measures to reduce the influence of civilians as much as possible.”

In the last two weeks of June, during the Israeli war with Iran, the United Nations Humanitarian Office (OCA) documented Israeli soldiers who seize about 267 Palestinian homes for periods ranging from several hours to a few days. Early appreciation suggested that more than 1,300 people were affected, Osha says, “In most cases, he returned to their homes to find their property.”

The property was also seized at the beginning of the year in three refugee camps in urban areas-Jinin, Nour Shams and Tolcar-when the Israeli army moved, describing them as “terrorist strongholds.” In total, about 40,000 population forced the camps to leave, about 30,000 of them were unable to return.

From a balcony on the upper floor, you can easily look across the Nasser home to the Tulkarm camp for refugees. It is like the ghost city that is still about 10,600 people who lived there. Israeli bulldozers have created new paths through the camp – dividing them into separate areas.

The United Nations Refugee Agency, UNRWA, estimates that more than 150 homes were demolished in Tolkram. Through the West Bank, Osha says that between the beginning of the Israeli Iron Operation in January and July, there were more than 1,400 demolition requests.

UNRWA now supports refugees who live in and around Tulkarm. She has established a temporary health center and school, and has started online education for students.

The Israeli Minister of Defense said that the army will remain in the three refugee camps until the end of the year.

While Nasser Furatawi returned to his home, he wonders how he will renew it at all. It is estimated that its total losses amount to $ 700,000 (520,000 pounds; 600,000 euros). He can complain about the Israeli authorities, but the previous evidence indicates that it is unlikely to obtain any compensation.

The Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank and depends on foreign donors, is used to help pay the costs of reforms caused by Israeli military incursions. However, she is currently very refreshing so that she cannot pay full salaries for public workers.

Without destroying his store and with his arrow, Nasser has no income and fears that he could no longer support his son and daughter, who were studying medicine in Egypt. He appeals to help from international organizations.

He says, “I am an ordinary person, a businessman.” “I loved peace. I had no weapon in my house.