AL-KHALIL (PIC)– Israeli occupation authorities have handed Palestinians notices of confiscation of 160 dunums (1 dunum=1000 square meters) and demolition of 13 homes in the village of Mneizel to the south east of Yatta in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil. IOF troops closed all entrances to the village.
Rateb al-Jubour coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlement said in press statements on Thursday that the notices of land confiscation affected residents of the village of Mneizel and the village of Samu’ with the aim of expanding Karmael settlement.
He also said that 13 demolition notices were handed out to residents of the village of Mneizel and the entrances to the village were closed.
Jubour also said that the village of the Karmael settlement was built next the Palestinian village of Muneizel which has a population of 400 Palestinian who are living in constant fear because of harassment at the hands of settlers.
