Israeli occupation machinery began, this Wednesday morning, demolition operations targeting two inhabited homes in the towns of Nahalin and Za'tara in the Bethlehem Governorate. These actions come in the context of escalating the systematic demolition policy that targets the Palestinian presence in areas classified as 'C', under the pretext of not obtaining legal building permits from the occupation's civil administration.
In details of the raid, local sources reported that a military force reinforced with bulldozers stormed the 'Sabiha' area in the town of Nahalin, where they began demolishing the home of citizen Adel Hassan Azazma. The targeted home consists of two floors with a total area of 340 square meters, noting that Israeli courts had previously rejected legal appeals to protect 14 homes threatened with demolition in the same area.
The demolition operations were not limited to Nahalin but also extended to include the town of Za'tara, east of Bethlehem, where bulldozers demolished the home of citizen Raed Hassan Abu Raya. The home, consisting of a basement and two floors, housed a family of seven who are now homeless, amidst the occupation's insistence on implementing demolition orders despite continuous human rights appeals.
Statistical data for the first half of this year reflect the scale of the settlement attack, as the occupation authorities carried out about 341 demolition operations that led to the destruction of 740 different structures. These operations have had severe humanitarian consequences, affecting more than 900 Palestinian citizens, including hundreds of children and women who lost their housing and living stability.
In a related context, settlers continued their attacks in various areas of the West Bank, where extremist groups attacked the outskirts of Jalud village, southeast of Nablus. Settlers set fire to large areas of agricultural land, leading to clashes with the villagers who tried to confront the attack, resulting in injuries among citizens.
The town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah city, also witnessed similar attacks, where settlers stormed the outskirts of the town and carried out extensive acts of sabotage targeting residents' properties. The attackers burned agricultural crops and lands belonging to citizens, causing severe material losses and a state of extreme tension that prevailed in the area after the attacking groups withdrew under the protection of the occupation army.
In the town of Beita, south of Nablus, settlers targeted an agricultural facility in the 'Qamas' border area, where they vandalized its contents and attacked the surrounding facilities. These attacks usually occur under security cover from the occupation forces, who intervene to suppress Palestinians if they try to defend their properties and lands from repeated settler attacks.
Regarding security pursuits, occupation forces launched an arrest campaign at dawn today, targeting six citizens from the city of Tulkarm, including a Palestinian woman. The raid involved searching homes and meticulously inspecting their contents, amidst scattered clashes in the city's neighborhoods, which witness almost daily raids by Israeli military units.
In the Hebron Governorate, south of the West Bank, occupation forces arrested three citizens after raiding their homes and provocatively tampering with their personal belongings. These arrests fall within the continuous policy of constriction pursued by the occupation authorities in various governorates of the West Bank, which has been accompanied by the issuance of more than 250 new demolition notices in the past few months.
The occupation court had earlier rejected a legal appeal to stop demolition orders targeting 14 homes in the town of Nahalin.
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