NABLUS (PIC)– Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and settlers stormed on Monday morning several towns in Nablus where they handed over a number of demolition orders while the settlers performed Talmudic rituals.
In Aqraba town the Israeli Planning and Building Committee served three demolition notifications in Khirbet al-Tawil hamlet south of the town. All the hamlet’s houses and its only mosque are threatened with demolition.
In Awarta town IOF stormed at late hours Sunday the town’s neighborhoods and served summonses to the Imam of its mosque and two brothers after breaking into their houses.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli settlers and rabbis stormed the town under IOF protection and performed Talmudic rituals in an unusual visit to the religious shrines in the town.
In Qaryout town settlers in cooperation with the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) on Sunday closed the southern road that links between Nablus and Ramallah aiming to establish a settlement road to connect between Shiloh and Eilih outposts built on Qaryout lands.
According to PIC reporter the IOA confiscated earlier 42 dunums near the mentioned road and threatened to confiscate more lands in the area.
The IOA decision to close the road has deepened the villagers’ suffering where they are obliged to cross through five villages to reach their destinations.
The IOA also prevented the villagers in Qaryout town from using their vehicles while crossing the road forcing them to walk approximately 50 to 60 kilometers on foot without taking into account the humanitarian cases.
More than 30 houses in the town are threatened to be demolished under the pretext of being established in area C which is under IOA control.