AL-KHALIL, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation army demolished on Monday morning a number of Palestinian homes and structures and bulldozed swaths of private land and trees in Masafer Yatta area, south of al-Khalil in the West Bank.
According to local sources, bulldozers escorted by Israeli forces demolished three Palestinian homes, three livestock shacks, swaths of land, sanitary facilities, and water tanks in Masafer Yatta.
Local activist Osama Makhamra said that Israeli forces with bulldozers stormed Khirbet Aqwiwis in Masafer Yatta and knocked down the one-story house of Jibril al-Naamin, adding that a family of 12 was living in the house.
Makhamra also said that the Israeli army demolished a livestock shed and bulldozed swaths of land planted with crops and fruitful trees as well as concrete walls and barbed wire belonging to Naamin.
According the activist, the Israeli army also demolished two homes belonging to two local residents in Shi’b al-Batim hamlet in Masafer Yatta. 14 individuals were living in those two houses.
The Israeli forces bulldozed in the same area two sheep structures, sanitary units, water tanks, swaths of land, trees and stone fences.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authority embarked on carrying out bulldozing activities in al-Ein al-Bayda area in Masafer Yatta with the aim of expanding the illegal settlement of Itzkhar Man.
In a separate incident, a horde of extremist Jewish settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Maon uprooted 120 fruitful trees belonging to a Palestinian citizen in al-Tuwani village in Masafer Yatta as a prelude to expanding their outpost.
