Israeli occupation demolishes Palestinian-owned house, opens fire at a young man

OCCUPIED AL-QUDS, Jun.13, (ST)_ The Israeli occupation demolished on Monday a Palestinian-owned house that was still in the construction stage in Aqbat Jabr refugee camp, south of the eastern West Bank city of Jericho, according to local sources.

The house, said the sources, was 100 square meters in area and owned by a local resident.

Officials said Israel this week informed five Palestinian homeowners to evacuate their homes located in an area east of Jericho in order to demolish them.

Moreover, the Israeli occupation rounded up two Palestinians after breaking into and ransacking the houses of their families in al-Bireh city neighborhood of Um al-Sharayet.

The occupation’s soldiers violently dispersed local young men protesting the raid using live ammunition and tear gas canisters, sparking confrontations and injuring one with a live round in the abdomen, who was taken to hospital for treatment.

The sources said that a driver of an ambulance was detained from Silwad town, east of Ramallah.

In another development, WAFA News Agency reported that the main entrance of Aboud village, northeast of Ramallah, remained closed today for the fifth consecutive day, according to local sources.

They said that Israeli occupation soldiers stationed at a military watchtower at the village entrance shut the metal gate the army had set up at the entrance banning the movement of cars in and out of the village and forcing the residents to take long alternative routes to reach their homes or workplaces.

No reason was given for closing the entrance to Aboud, a half-Christian, half-Muslim village surrounded by a cluster of illegal Israeli settlements.

In the occupied Al-Quds, 99 Israeli settlers stormed into Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Mughrabih Gate and carried out provocative tours in its courtyards, under heavy security guards from the occupation forces.

Basma Qaddour