The Israeli army demolished six homes and a carpentry workshop owned by Palestinians across the West Bank on Monday, in the latest demolitions in the occupied territory, Anadolu reports.
Israeli bulldozers razed five Palestinian homes in the town of Barta’a, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank, displacing dozens of residents, Barta’a council chief Ghassan Qabha told Anadolu.
He said the demolished structures were part of demolitions targeting 20 homes in the town on claims of lacking building permits.
“An Israeli court rejected an appeal filed by residents against the demolition order for 20 Palestinian homes in the town on the pretext they were built without permits in areas classified as Area C under the Oslo Accords,” he said.
He pointed out that the demolitions have left dozens of Palestinians homeless, denouncing the demolitions as part of “a policy aimed at expelling and displacing the Palestinian residents from the town.”
