Israeli settlers demolished an under-construction house in the town of Silat ad-Dhahar south of Jenin on Saturday while other settlers seized a water well in the village of Madma near Nablus.
Jihad al-Zabidi an employee in Silat ad-Dhahar municipality said “A group of Israeli settlers demolished an under-construction house near the evacuated settlement of Homesh”.
“The settlers demolished the house at night” he told Quds Press adding that the house is near the settlement where they regularly arrive to practice their religious rituals.
Zabidi said that the owner of the house Iyad Abu Diyak was shocked by the destruction that befell his house.
In the same context Israeli settlers seized control over a water well that the people of Madma village use for agricultural purposes.
Talat Ziada head of the village council said that Israeli settlers from Yitzhar settlement stole water from al-Sha’ra well that people use for irrigation purposes.
According to Ziada the Israeli occupation authorities have been preventing them from approaching the well for years which make it vulnerable to settlers’ attacks.
Ziada said that he would follow up the issue with concerned authorities in order to stop the settlers’ violations noting that the village was already suffering from poor water resources.
