JENIN, Monday, August 1, 2022 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today ordered a halt on the construction of a Palestinian-owned house in Faqqu'a village, northeast of Jenin city, according to the owner of the house.

The homeowner, Mohammad Sarhan, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers handed him a military notice ordering him to stop the construction of his house purportedly for being built without a license.

Israel refuses to permit virtually any Palestinian construction in Area C, where the Sarhan house is located and which constitutes 60 percent of the occupied West Bank that falls under full Israeli military rule, forcing residents to build without obtaining the rarely-granted permit to provide shelters for their families.

In contrast, Israel builds thousands of housing units for illegal settlers in Area C and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.

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