Israeli Army Demolishes New Palestinian Home in Occupied West Bank

Israeli Army Demolishes New Palestinian Home in Occupied West Bank

Residents watch as an Israeli bulldozer demolishes a Palestinian house in the Umm Qasas area of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank on July 25, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

The Israeli army demolished a new Palestinian home near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday, a local official said.

Israeli forces backed by a bulldozer raided the village of Al-Shuyukh in the southern West Bank and razed the two-story house after vacating its residents, Hani Jaara, a member of the Fatah group, told Anadolu.

He said Israeli forces cited the lack of a building permit for the demolition.

Israel widely uses the pretext of a lack of construction permits to demolish Palestinian homes, especially in Area C in the occupied West Bank, which constitutes around 60% of its space.

Tension has been running high in the West Bank due to Israel’s brutal war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed over 44,200 people, mostly women and children, following a Hamas attack last year.

At least 824 Palestinians have since been killed and over 6,500 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Health Ministry.

In July, the International Court of Justice issued a landmark advisory opinion that declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land “illegal” and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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