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10 Palestinian West Bank Houses Demolished

10 Palestinian West Bank Houses Demolished
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"Israeli" regime forces had destroyed over 10 Palestinian houses and residential structures in the village of Khirbet Tana, located in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

10 Palestinian West Bank Houses Demolished

Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority [PA] official who monitors the "Israeli" regime's settlement activity, said that "Israeli" bulldozers demolished the houses and structures on Tuesday, with "Israeli" officials claiming that they had been built illegally in an area declared by Tel Aviv as a "firing zone" for military training.

An "Israeli" military spokesman said that "enforcement steps were taken against five buildings and six tents which were built illegally without permits."

Some 20 percent of the besieged West Bank has been designated by the "Israeli" regime as firing zones, where Palestinians face serious restrictions on their freedom of movement and access to basic needs, and are also subject to settler violence and harassment by soldiers.

Khirbet Tana is home to some 300 Palestinians, belonging to a herding community that had lived in the village for decades.

Rights groups said the demolition of Palestinian homes are in line with the "Israeli" regime's policy of expansion of settlements and land theft.

More than half a million "Israelis" settlers live in over 230 illegal settlements built since the 1967 "Israeli" occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East Jerusalem [al-Quds].

The United Nations and most countries regard the "Israeli" settlements as unlawful.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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