The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Thursday demolished a Palestinian-owned structure in the al-Rakiz community near the village of al-Tuwana in Masafer Yatta south of the West Bank city of al-Khalil.
The 80-square-meter home which belongs to Ashraf Al-Amour was demolished by the Israeli soldiers who stormed the area and encircled the home barring citizens from approaching it according to the coordinator of the Protection and Resilience Committees Fuad Al-Amour.
In 1999 Israel declared a number of the Masafer Yatta communities “firing zones” posing the risk of forcible expulsion of nearly 700 local citizens.
The IOA has been launching large-scale campaigns of demolition in Masafer Yatta communities south of al-Khalil in addition to other villages beyond the firing zones.
