JERICHO, Tuesday, September 12, 2023 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation authorities today ordered the demolition of three Palestinian-owned homes within a week and to halt construction on 14 others in the village of Duke Al-Tahta, west of the city of Jericho.

Alaa Fhaidat, a local activist, told WAFA that forces stormed the said village and distributed demolition notices against three houses, in addition to stop-construction orders against 14 others, including some inhabited for more than ten years and others newly-built, citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits as a pretext.

The new notices raise the number of homes threatened with demolition by Israeli authorities in the Duke al-Tahta village to 50 homes.

Confrontations broke out between Palestinian youth and the occupation forces as the latter withdrew  from the village.

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