HEBRON, Tuesday, July 16, 2019 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Tuesday demolished a pool used for irrigation in Wad al-Ghroos, an area close to the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba, to the east of the occupied southern West Bank city of Hebron, reported WAFA correspondent.

He said a large unit of Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers and other heavy machinery, raided the area and demolished the 4500 cubic meter pool owned by local resident Ziad Jaabari and used for the irrigation of area fields and crops under the pretext that it was built in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under full Israeli military rule.

He added that Israeli forces verbally insulted and physically attacked residents, journalists and activists while they were at the scene.

Jaabari said the pool was used to collect rain water in order to use it during the summer season to irrigate their farms, expressing fear that without the pool and the water, many crops, particularly, tomatoes and cucumber, may get ruined.

Several houses in the same area have been given notices of demolition by Israeli soldiers for the same reason, which is construction without a the impossible-to-get permit in Area C.

K.T./M.K.