Israeli occupation authorities, on Tuesday, demolished one Palestinian-owned home in occupied Jerusalem in the central West Bank and one in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank, according to security sources.

Sources told the Palestinian News & Information Agency (WAFA) Israeli soldiers along with bulldozers invaded the Wadi al-Hummos area of Sur Baher town, southeast of Jerusalem, and demolished a three story home belonging to Ayman al-Heih.

Meanwhile, in the southern West Bank, south of Hebron, Israeli forces tore down a 200 square meter Palestinian-owned home in the Khirbit Maeen community in Masafer Yatta, under the pretext of building without a license, WAFA correspondent reported.

Two other houses in Khirbit al-Fakhit and Khirbit al-Markaz communities in Masafer Yatta, received demolition orders from the occupation authorities.

Article 17 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states;

1. Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.

2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.

Video from the Wall and Colonization Resistance Commission

~ WAFA
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