WEST BANK, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished on Monday morning a house and commercial facilities in the east Jerusalem town of Anata and two homes in Bethlehem at the pretext of unlicensed construction.
According to local sources, bulldozers escorted by Israeli police forces stormed the southeastern area of Anata and embarked on carrying demolitions.
Anata mayor Taha Numan said that the IOA demolished a wedding venue, walls, livestock structures and stores in the southeastern area of Anata.
Numan added that the IOA also knocked down a two-story house belonging to Alaa Hilwa in the same area.
In Bethlehem, Israeli forces bulldozed two homes belonging to two brothers from the family of Rabah at the entrance of Walaja village.