Israeli settlers displace 15 Palestinian families in West Bank: Official

Israeli settlers forced the families to dismantle homes in the Jordan Valley, a village leader tells Wafa news agency.

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Israeli settlers have forced 15 Palestinian families to tear down their homes and depart from the northern Jordan Valley in the northeastern occupied West Bank, according to a local official.

Mahdi Daraghmeh, head of the al-Malih Village Council, told the Wafa news agency on Tuesday that the families had begun dismantling their homes amid intensifying assaults by settlers.

Israeli settlers displace 15 Palestinian families in West Bank: Official

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