On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers invaded Erfa’eyya village, east of Yatta town, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, before demolishing a Palestinian home, surrounding walls, and a water well.
Local activist Osama Makhamra stated that military bulldozers demolished a 250-square-meter home owned by Jihad Shehada Al-‘Amour, displacing him and his family of five.
Makhamra added that the soldiers also destroyed Al-‘Amour’s water well and the protective walls around his home.
Mohammad Al-Adra, director of Khallet Al-Mai Council, reported that the army issued Al-‘Amour a demolition order on Tuesday, without allowing him time to appeal.
He further noted that the demolitions are part of broader efforts to forcibly displace Palestinian villages and Bedouin communities, clearing the land for further illegal annexation and settlement expansion.
Also Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a shed in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
On Monday, Israeli forces demolished a sheep farm and a home in the southern West Bank governorate of Bethlehem, while a citizen was forced to dismantle an agricultural room in occupied Jerusalem.
It is worth mentioning that, in April of this year, the Israeli army demolished 152 structures, including 96 inhabited homes and 10 empty homes and 34 agricultural structures, in the West Bank, mainly in Tubas (59 demolished structures,) Hebron, 39, and Jerusalem, 17.
In related news, the soldiers invaded, Wednesday, Kisan town, east of Bethlehem, searched homes and abducted two siblings, Ahmad, 20, and Mohammad Yousef Obeyyat, 23.
The soldiers also invaded Deir Jarir village, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and closed several streets.
The soldiers also invaded Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank’s southern part, before abducting three Palestinian civilians in addition to assaulting and wounding a husband and his wife.
