The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) issued Monday morning demolition orders against 20 Palestinian-owned facilities in Yatta town south of al-Khalil for allegedly being built without permit.
Local activist Rateb Jabour affirmed that Israeli civil administration crews handed over demolition notifications against 16 houses south of the town.
A mosque and three solar panels were also notified with demolition in the area he added.
The notified facilities were funded by international organizations.
Jabour called for putting an end to Israeli demolition policy which left hundreds of Palestinian families homeless especially in this particular cold weather.
Demolitions in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem have seen an unprecedented upsurge in recent months as Israeli authorities demolished 905 Palestinian structures in the occupied Palestinian territories so far this year in a big increase from 453 in all of 2015 according to UN documentation.
