Israeli occupation authorities destroyed on Monday two Palestinian residential structures in al-Za’atra area, near the town of az-Za'ayyem, northeast of the occupied city of Jerusalem.

WAFA news agency said Israeli forces dismantled two 45-square-meter structures built by Palestinian siblings Murad and Emran Za'atra about three months ago and seized their equipment.

Dawoud al-Jahaleen, a Fatah official, told WAFA the ongoing demolitions by Israeli occupation authorities in this area come as part of the occupation's plans to displace the indigenous Palestinian residents from the area and eliminate Jerusalem's Bedouin communities in favor of illegal settlement expansion.