Israeli occupation forces have issued orders to knock down two residential buildings under construction in Salfit city.

According to local sources, the targeted homes belong to Palestinians living in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan, to the west of the occupied West Bank city of Salfit.

The occupation authorities handed two Palestinians an order to stop construction of their two houses and demolish them, while a third Palestinian was handed a demolition order for his residential shack.

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers chased farmers and shepherds while working near the village, claiming that they were close to the neighboring illegal Israeli settlements.

The village is located in the so-called Area C of the occupied West Bank, under complete Israeli control. Israel almost prohibits all kinds of urban and agricultural development for Palestinians in the area for the benefit of its settlement enterprise.