Israel has demolished houses in the West Bank and arrested Palestinians despite a lockdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the occupation forces arrested nine youths in the West Bank and Jerusalem as bulldozers demolished properties in Deir Ballut, west of Salfit, near Nablus, in the village of Ibziq, north of Tubas, and ad-Duyuk at-Tahta, west of Jericho.
Head of the village council in Ibziq Abdel Majeed Khudairat said that the occupation forces raided the area, demolished residential homes, and destroyed two pumps to generate electricity and water.
Under the pretext of illegal construction at a military site, the occupation forces seized eight unconstructed tents, six pumps, and bricks for construction, which were intended for the mosque, clinic, and council.
Palestinian WAFA News Agency revealed that Israeli soldiers and police accompanied bulldozers as they invaded ad-Duyuk at-Tahta and proceeded to demolish three 120-square-meter houses owned by Palestinian citizens from Jerusalem and the city of Hebron.
In Deir Ballut, Israeli forces demolished a farming shed and a water well belonging to Aziz Yusef Abdullah, a villager.
Abdullah said that the bulldozers demolished a 30-square-meter greenhouse and a water well and removed the fence in Sarida area under the pretext that it is a nature reserve and a heritage site.
However, the Israeli claims are false because the area includes a 25-donum plot where 300 olive trees are planted, he added.
Moreover, settlers encroached on agricultural lands in al-Khader, Bethlehem, and ruined 40 grapevines and 10 olive trees near the settlements of Gush Etzion.
This isn’t the first time that settlers have carried out such assaults.
Source: AL-AWSAT
