Israeli occupation forces on Monday demolished two Palestinian structures in a village near Bethlehem in the south of the West Bank, reported local sources.

Zayed Kawaziyah, head of al-Maniya village council, east of Bethlehem, told WAFA news agency that Israeli forces demolished two rooms built from bricks with a metal roof belonging to a local resident under the pretext they were built without a permit.

The Israeli occupation authorities have recently escalated their attacks against al-Maniya village through demolition of structures stop construction orders in an attempt to force the residents out as part of an ethnic cleanising policy.