(UNA/WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces escalated their demolition operations on Monday in several areas of the West Bank, including Jerusalem, targeting three homes, a commercial facility, two barracks, a park, and a vehicle scrap yard.
In Ramallah, the homes of brothers Nidal and Ahmed Mahmoud Abdel-Khaleq in the village of Budrus, west of the city, were demolished, along with an agricultural shed. Each house was approximately 150 square meters and housed about 14 people. Local sources indicated that the occupation authorities had notified Nidal of the demolition order three months prior, and he had filed an appeal. However, the demolition was carried out before a court ruling was issued, despite the fact that both houses were located within the village's structural plan.
In Nablus, Israeli occupation forces demolished a vehicle repair shop in the town of Huwara, south of the city. Local sources reported that the occupation forces, accompanied by a bulldozer, stormed the shop and began demolishing it, noting that it belonged to Salama Hammad.
In Jerusalem, Israeli occupation forces demolished an agricultural shed and a park, bulldozed a playground and farmland in the town of Mikhmas, north of the city, and uprooted a number of trees. They also demolished a commercial establishment in the town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem, and fired tear gas canisters during the raid, causing dozens of people to suffer from suffocation. Sources reported that the demolished establishment was a car wash and accessories shop belonging to Muhammad Abu Sabah, and that the demolition was carried out to make way for the expansion of a settler-only road.
Within the 48 territories, the occupation authorities demolished a house this morning in the western neighborhood of Arraba al-Batouf, under heavy police protection, under the pretext of building without a permit, which sparked widespread anger among the residents who denounced the ongoing demolition policies.
The occupation authorities continue their policy of demolishing homes, shops, and industrial workshops in Arab towns within the 48 territories under the pretext of building without a permit, as recently happened in Rahat, Tuba-Zangariyya, Jadeidi-Makr, Yarka, Zarzir, Acre, Nazareth, Umm al-Fahm, Shafa'amr, Sakhnin, Ein Mahel, Jaffa, Kafr Qasim, Qalansuwa, Kafr Yasif, Ar'ara, Lod, Hurfeish, and Kafr Qara, in addition to several villages in the Negev, amid widespread popular condemnation as a systematic policy to tighten the noose on Arab citizens.
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