Israeli occupation authorities seized, on Wednesday, 52 dunams of Palestinian land and issued dozens of stop work orders in separate areas of the West Bank.
According to Amir Daoud with the Settlement and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli authorities ordered the confiscation of 52 dunams of Palestinian-owned land in Siniriya village, south of Qalqilia.
Daoud added that the land will been expropriated from people of the village, for Israeli military purposes.
Meanwhile, authorities issued 3 stop-construction orders against Palestinian-owned homes, and 2 stop-work orders against animal sheds in Ni’lin town, west of Ramallah in the central West Bank, a local official reported.
Yusuf Khawaja, head of town council stated that occupation forces invaded the town and delivered the stop-work orders to three home-owners and two to the animal shed owners.
In related news, Israeli authorities issued, on Tuesday, 19 stop-work orders in Al-Zawiya town, west of Salfit in the central occupied West Bank, local sources reported.
Ghassan Shuqair, the Deputy Mayor of Al-Zawiya stated that the orders were issued under the pretext that the buildings, which include under-construction homes and a mosque, are located in “Area C”.
