Israeli occupation demolition of Palestinian-owned structures reported in the south of the West Bank

HEBRON/BETHLEHEM, Israeli demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures were reported today in the Hebron and Bethlehem districts in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to various sources.

In the Hebron district, Wafa News Agency reporter said Israeli occupation forces demolished a 60-square meter, three-room house in the south of Hebron city displacing 13 people, and water well owned by the same person. Damage was also caused to the area.

 In Umm al-Khair community in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron city, Israeli occupation forces razed 60 dunums of land owned by a local resident, and another 40 dunums of land in another community located near the illegal settlement of Karmiel, according to Rateb al-Jabour, a local activist.

The soldiers also razed another five dunums of land in al-Shyoukh town, northeast of Hebron city, located near the illegal Asfar settlement, he said.

In the Bethlehem district, Israeli occupation forces demolished three agricultural rooms in the town of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem city, according to Nahalin deputy mayor Hani Fannoun.

He told WAFA that the rooms were located in two different parts of the town.

Raghda Sawas