NABLUS, March 23, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished and removed Palestinian-owned residential structures in Kherbet Tana, a small village to the east of Nablus, according to local sources.

Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in northern West Bank, told WAFA that Israeli troops broke into the village on Wednesday early morning, before they proceeded to demolish and remove residential facilities which shelter local Palestinian villagers.

The Israeli military cited construction without Israeli permits as a pretext for the demolition.

The village has been demolished multiple times by the Israeli authorities, as the Israeli Civil Administration does not recognize it as a village worth planning, therefore prohibiting construction there. The community is not connected to water or electricity and its residents use two local springs for water.

A community of some 250 Palestinians relying on animal husbandry and agriculture for their livelihood, Khirbet Tana has been left practically with almost no infrastructure.

According to the United Nations monitoring group OCHA, recent Israeli demolitions in the village “displaced ten families with 36 members, including 11 children, and affected the livelihoods of five additional families.”

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