OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Palestine Foundation Information Center) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished on Monday the foundations of a house and a carpentry shop in the town of Hizma, northeast of Jerusalem.
Local sources reported that an occupation army force, accompanied by military bulldozers, stormed the town of Hizma at dawn hours and began demolishing the foundations of a house belonging to citizen Abdul Salam Al-Omari, and a carpentry shop belonging to citizen Muhammad Al-Khatib.
The IOF arrested two citizens including the young man Zain Amer, after raiding his parents’ homes, and vandalizing its contents.
Since October 7, 2023, the average demolition rate in occupied East Jerusalem has increased by 50% compared to the annual record number of demolitions in the city.
If demolitions continue this way, about 215 housing units will be demolished annually, compared to 144 units in 2020, according to estimates issued by institutions concerned with monitoring Israeli occupation’s violations.
IOF and settlers have been escalating their violations against citizens, property and lands in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, amid continuous calls for confrontations.
The town of Hizma, which is located in the center of the West Bank, is usually subjected to continuous violations including arrests and land confiscations for settlement expansion.
