Israel demolishes Palestinian houses and structures almost on a daily basis as a means to achieve “demographic control” of the occupied territories.
HEBRON, Tuesday, December 28, 2021 (WAFA) - Israeli forces today razed a Palestinian house in Sendas locality, south of the West Bank city of Hebron, according to eyewitness.
They told WAFA correspondent that a sizable military unit escorted a bulldozer into the area, where the heavy machinery demolished a 150-square-meter two-story house belonging to Mohammad al-Atrash.
The demolished house is located adjacent to the settler-only bypass Road No. 60.
Israel demolishes Palestinian houses and structures almost on a daily basis as a means to achieve “demographic control” of the occupied territories.
Israel denies planning permits for Palestinians to build on their own land or to extend existing houses to accommodate natural growth, particularly in Jerusalem and Area C, which constitutes 60 percent of the occupied West Bank and falls under full Israeli military rule, forcing residents to build without obtaining rarely-granted permits to provide shelters for their families.
In contrast, Israel argues that building within existing colonial settlements is necessary to accommodate the “natural growth” of settlers. Therefore, it much more easily gives the over 700,000 settlers there building permits and provides them with roads, electricity, water and sewage systems that remain inaccessible to many neighboring Palestinians.
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Six Palestinians injured in Israeli raid in West Bank
3 Palestinians detained during raid
December 28, 2021
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Six Palestinians were injured and three others arrested in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to local residents.
Clashes erupted when Israeli forces raided Tubas city in the northern West Bank to detain three Palestinians, the residents said.
Israeli forces used tear gas canisters, rubber-coated bullets and live ammunition to disperse angry Palestinians.
One of the injuries was in critical condition, medical sources at the government-run Turkish Hospital in Tubas city.
The Israeli army frequently carries out wide-ranging arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians.
Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara
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Six Palestinians were injured and three others arrested in an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to local residents.
Clashes erupted when Israeli forces raided Tubas city in the northern West Bank to detain three Palestinians, the residents said.
Israeli forces used tear gas canisters, rubber-coated bullets and live ammunition to disperse angry Palestinians.
One of the injuries was in critical condition, medical sources at the government-run Turkish Hospital in Tubas city.
The Israeli army frequently carries out wide-ranging arrest campaigns across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on the pretext of searching for “wanted” Palestinians.
Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara
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