HEBRON/NABLUS, Wednesday, February 05, 2020 (WAFA) – The Israel authorities today ordered a halt to the rehabilitation of a school playground in the village of Susiya, in the south of the occupied West Bank, and demolition of a structure in Sebastia village, in the north of the West Bank.

Abdul Aziz Abu Finnar, from the Yatta municipality, said Israeli forces handed Susiya School principal a notice ordering him to stop work on the rehabilitation of the school’s playground.

Israeli forces seized a week ago a bulldozer and a digger that were working on rehabilitating the playground in the 15-classroom school attended by dozens of students from Masafer Yatta’s cluster of villages.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army notified a Palestinian resident of Sebastia of its intention to demolish his structure, while ordering another resident to remove a tent he had set up in the archaeological area of the village, according to the mayor of Sebastia, Mohammad Azim.

He told WAFA that Israeli forces handed Nael Abu Aqel a demolition notice for a structure he owns in the archeological area and ordered Malik Makhalfeh to remove his mobile tent catering to tourists visiting the historical site.

Azim said Israeli forces regularly raid the site to intimidate people doing business there.

He said the army had demolished Abu Aqel`s structure four years ago but its owner had rebuilt it.

M.K.