ISRAELI SOLDIERS DEMOLISH FAMILY HOME AND AGRICULTURAL FACILITY IN TUBAS

Bethlehem, 6 Dzulqa’dah 1436/21 August 2015 (MINA) – The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) accompanied with bulldozers, on Thursday morning demolished homes and agricultural facilities at Oyoun area in the city of Tubas, northern West Bank.

The security sources in Tubas said that the occupation bulldozers arrived at Oyoun, and demolished a family home and an agricultural facility, Palestine News Network quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

(IOF) are still in the area until now, but it’s not clear if any other demolitions will take place.

International Solidarity Movement (ISM) on Wednesday August 19, said that Israeli occupation forces began demolishing a three-storey home of the Totah and Totanji families in the Wadi Joz neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.

“A large number soldiers and policemen are blocking main road in Wadi Joz right now. There is no electricity because they demolished the neighbor’s house and the power network. They kicked the families and people into the street, in the middle of this hot weather, showing no humanity.

Stated Nureddin Amro a resident of the Wadi Joz “They want to confiscate the entire neighborhood”.

On March 31, 2015 Israeli forces demolished most of Nureddin Amro’s house and that of his brother, Sharif Amro, both of whom are blind and live with their families, including 7 children under 14 years of age and their mother who is 79 years old. There was no demolition order against the houses and no prior notice. Israeli forces barely waited for the family to leave the rooms that were going to be demolished and physically attacked the family. Some property belonging to the Totah family was also destroyed that day.

Since then, the Amros and Totahs have lived in constant fear of further demolitions. Other homes in the neighborhood are also slated for demolition.

The demolition comes just after the largest-scale destruction of Palestinian dwellings in nearly three years.

Wadi al-Joz is located directly outside the Old City of Jerusalem in a vulnerable area with three demolitions in the last two-and-one-half weeks. Land near this neighborhood was already annexed by the Israeli authorities to create a national park encompassing an illegal Israeli settlement.(T/P008/RO6)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)