On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded the Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and demolished four residential sheds.
Rateb Jabour, the coordinator of the National and Popular Committees Against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Southern Hebron, said the heavy Israeli military bulldozers and machinery demolished four tin houses in the Shu’ab Al-Batem area, east of Yatta.
Jabour added that the demolished structures are owned by Othman Mohammad Jabarin, Khaled Khalil Jabarin, Yousef Ahmad Jabarin, and his brother Mohammad.
The demolitions displaced 40 Palestinians, mainly women, and children, as part of the ongoing Israeli efforts to expand the illegal Avigal colony built on stolen Palestinian lands near the village.
Israel’s policy of home demolitions and displacement of the residents violates International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and various international regulations.
Also, the soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in the Wadi Al-Jouz neighborhood in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Israel demolished 107 structures in the occupied territory, and four Palestinian homes in Israel, displacing 155 Palestinians and affecting 522 others.
B’Tselem statistics also revealed that more than 131.000 Palestinian homes have been demolished since 1947 and added that, in 2022, Israel demolished 926 Palestinian structures in the occupied territories, displacing 953 persons and directly affecting 28.255 others.
In the Negev, Israel demolished 431 Palestinian homes and 2553 agricultural and livelihood structures.
More than 131,000 Palestinian homes have been demolished in Israel and the Occupied Palestine Territory (OPT) since 1947.
