BETHLEHEM, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 (WAFA) – The Israeli occupation authorities today demolished three houses and two sheds in the village of al-Walaja, northwest of the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to a local activist.

Ibrahim Awad, an activist, told WAFA that an army force accompanied by a bulldozer broke into two areas of al-Walaja village and demolished three houses owned by local residents, one of them was three stories, and two animal sheds, under the pretext they were built without a permit.

The bulldozer also destroyed a road that reaches the village cemetery and retaining walls.

M.K.