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Palestinian prisoner loses home after Israeli demolition

Monday, 02 November 2020 6:55 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 02 November 2020 6:55 PM ]

In the file photo, Palestinians gather belongings after an Israeli bulldozer demolished their shack east of Yatta town, the occupied West Bank, November 21, 2019. (By AFP)

Khalil Duweikat is a Palestinian imprisoned by the Israeli regime; his two-storey house was completely demolished by Israeli authorities on Monday.

Before the demolition started, Israeli troops stormed the town of Rujeib, south of Nablus. Bulldozers got into action afterward.

Some Palestinians had crowded the area in protest against the move. They clashed with the Israeli troops. Three young Palestinians were reportedly injured.

Israeli authorities usually claim that the buildings they demolish have been constructed without permits. They also sometimes order the Palestinian owners to tear down their own homes or pay the demolition costs to the municipality.

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Last month, the United Nations (UN)’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said there had been a sharp increase in the number of Palestinian houses being demolished by Israel in the occupied West Bank during the coronavirus pandemic.

Meanwhile, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the Palestinian territories Jamie McGoldrick warned that Israel’s demolition of Palestinian houses during the pandemic would make the Palestinians more susceptible to health risks.

Back in May 2019, the Israeli rights group B’Tselem said in a report that the Tel Aviv regime uses other strategies to block Palestinian use of land, or demolish the homes Palestinians have already built, thus, clearing the way for new illegal Israeli settlements in the region.

The demolitions of Palestinian homes coincide with Israel’s ongoing settlement expansion.

More than 600,000 Israelis live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories in the West Bank and East Jerusalem al-Quds.

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