On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Bani Neim town, east of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part and demolished a home.
Local sources said several military vehicles, including a bulldozer, invaded the town and demolished a two-story home.
They added that the 200 square/meter home, owned by Adel Barakat Manasra, was recently built and furnished, and the family was ready to move in.
The Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission has reported that Israeli soldiers demolished 256 Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, this year.
Last month, the Israeli army demolished 64 structures, displacing 149 Palestinians and affecting 281, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) said.
Read Monthly Demolitions and Displacement Reports By ICAHD
While Israel continues to build and expand its illegal colonies, Palestinian communities and towns in occupied Jerusalem and various areas in the occupied West Bank continue to be denied the right to build homes and property under various allegations meant to prevent the expansion of Palestinian towns and neighborhoods.
All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory.”
On Monday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded many parts of the occupied West Bank, including the occupied capital, Jerusalem, stormed and violently searched dozens of homes, causing damage, and abducted at least twenty-eight Palestinians, including a father and his son, two siblings, and two young women.
