Israeli demolitions and bulldozing affect Palestinian installations in Jericho and Bethlehem

Israeli demolitions and bulldozing affect Palestinian installations in Jericho and Bethlehem

Israeli occupation authorities demolished on Wednesday Palestinian installations in the cities of Jericho (east of occupied Jerusalem) and Bethlehem (south).
According to local sources, the occupation mechanisms raided the western area of ​​the town of Jericho and began destroying the house of Shadi Sankrot, on the pretext of building without a permission.
The occupying forces declared the area a closed military zone and preverted citizens from entering or exiting, until the demolition was completed.
In the same vein, on Wednesday morning, Israeli occupying forces bulldozed farmland and demolished stone chains in the town of "Battir" west of Bethlehem.
In press statements, the mayor of Battir Tayseer Qashoush reported that a force from the occupation army, accompanied by bulldozers and military mechanisms, had destroyed stone chains and washed away land belonging to citizens in the area of ​​"Al-Khimar" opposite the village of "Walaja".
He pointed out that the occupation forces preverted the citizens from being present or go to the place, stressing that the target areas were not confined and the intentions of the occupation were not disclosed from the dredging operations.
The occupation authorities continue the policy of military orders aimed at demolishing Palestinian homes in the "C" territories (which measure 60 per cent of the territory of the West Bank and are fully under Israeli administration and control), in an attempt to empty them from the indigenous population, and to tighten their control Them, and pushed them to depart from them.