On Wednesday, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian homes, a factory, and agricultural facilities in the Jerusalem and Nablus governorates, while a citizen was coerced to demolish his apartment in the Bethlehem governorate.
Media sources reported that a large army force, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed Anata town, east of occupied Jerusalem, and evacuated workers inside an iron factory.
The sources added that heavy machinery operated by the Israeli forces tore down an iron factory at the entrance of Anata town which was a source of livelihood for several Palestinian families.
It was also reported that Israeli soldiers injured a young man after firing a concussion grenade, striking him in the foot.
Meanwhile, the army demolished a farm owned by a local citizen in the Wa’ar al-Beik area of Anata town.
The Jerusalem Governorate reported that occupation bulldozers demolished a farm belonging to the citizen Iyas Dandis under the pretext of not having a permit.
In related news, the army demolished part of Al-Aqsa School and Kindergarten in the Sa’diyya neighborhood of Jerusalem’s Old City.
The Jerusalem Governorate said in a statement on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation municipality has given the school administration a one‑week deadline to demolish the upper section of the building, which measures 35 square meters.
The statement added that if the school does not carry out the demolition itself, the occupation municipality will demolish the structure and bill the school for the costs.
Furthermore, a Palestinian citizen was forced to demolish his apartment in the village of Al-Walaja, northwest of Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank.
Khader Al-Araj, the head of the Al-Walaja village council, told the WAFA News Agency that citizen Mohammad Saeed Al-Araj knocked down his second-floor apartment under the pretext of building without a license.
He added that Al-Araj was forced to demolish his family’s 120 square-meter apartment after the Israeli authorities threatened to impose exorbitant fines if the army demolished it.
In Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, the soldiers invaded the Be’er Ona area, northeast of the city, and demolished a 50-meter retaining wall surrounding a Palestinian-owned land.
Additionally, occupation forces demolished a home and sheep pens in the town of Duma, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
According to Suleiman Dawabsheh, the head of the Duma village council, reported that Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers invaded the southern part of the village.
He added that the bulldozers demolished a house and sheep pens belonging to the citizen Khaled Abdel Ara’ara.
In related news, the army razed Palestinian land and uprooted olive trees in the village of Deir Qadis, west of Ramallah in the central West Bank.
Ahmed Salah, the head of the Al-Khader municipal council, reported that the two brothers Osama and Raed Mohammad Hassan Salah received an order for the demolition of their two-story house under the pretext of building without a permit.
Osama Makhamra, a local activist, told WAFA that occupation forces notified two citizens of its intent to demolish their homes in the village of Tuwana in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank.
Makhamra added that the homes targeted for demolition belong to the citizens Khaled Rabah Rabai and Issa Ali Al-Najjar; and are home to 16 citizens.
In a statement, the Jerusalem Governorate said that the Israeli authorities ordered the administration of the Al-Aqsa School and Kindergarten to demolish the upper part of the school.
It added that the occupation municipality demanded that the 35-square-meter top floor of the school be dismantled within one week, or it would be demolished by the army.
