AhlulBayt News Agency - The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) afternoon Monday notified 11 Palestinian families of their decision to demolish and stop the construction of 11 homes in al-Khalil’s town of Yatta, in the southern West Bank.
Coordinator for the popular committee against settlement in Yatta, Rateb al-Jabour, said the IOA ordered eight Palestinian families to stop the construction of their homes and notified three other families of the intent to knock down their houses.
Al-Jabour said the notifications targeted Houshiya, Abu Younis, and al-Jabreen families, among others, under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
The demolition threats were delivered a few hours before the Israeli occupation army, on early Tuesday morning, tightened military grip around al-Khalil city.
Eyewitnesses said Israeli army troops have been heavily stationed at the northern entrance to the city, near the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion, and sealed off the Bethlehem-al-Khalil access road with randomly-pitched checkpoints.
The Israeli occupation troops were also deployed near al-Khalil’s towns of Sa’ir, Halhoul, al-Shyoukh, and Bani Na’im, generating a state of panic among civilians in the area.
source : abna
