IOF razes three homes, dozens of olive trees in W. Bank

WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished on Tuesday three Palestinian homes in the West Bank at the pretext they were built with no permits.

According to local sources, the IOF bulldozed two unfinished houses in the villages of Marah Maala and Jurat ash-Sham’ah, south of Bethlehem.

The IOF also knocked down another Palestinian house in the Farsh al-Hawa area in western al-Khalil, displacing a family of 10 individuals. The owners say the house was licensed by the municipality of al-Khalil province.

In Jenin, the IOF bulldozed 60 olive trees in a Palestinian-owned grove behind the separation wall near Ya’bad town.

According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, the Israeli occupation authority demolished in last May 66 homes and facilities in the West Bank and Jerusalem, including 35 inhabited homes and 15 agricultural structures.