On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Wadi Fukin village, located west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home.
Ibrahim Al-Hroub, head of the Wadi Fukin Village Council, reported that several military vehicles and bulldozers entered the village and demolished a 150-square-meter home.
Al-Hroub stated that the home, owned by Essam Bassem Manasra, was demolished without allowing the family to remove all their furniture and belongings.
The army claims that the home, approved by the local council, lacked a permit from the so-called “Civil Administration Office”, the administrative branch of Israel’s illegal occupation.
Additionally, soldiers are reportedly planning to demolish another home in the western part of the village.
In related news, a group of paramilitary Israeli settlers infiltrated the town of Biddya, west of Salfit in the central West Bank. They wrote racist graffiti, including “Death to Arabs,” and set fire to a wedding hall
