SALFIT, Wednesday, September 20, 2023 (WAFA) – The Israeli military authorities today issued stop work and construction orders against 23 Palestinian-owned houses in the town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of the northern West Bank city of Salfit.
Local sources told WAFA that soldiers broke into the northern part of the town and handed the orders to the homeowners, nine of which are inhabited while the others are still under construction. The stop work order usually means the eventual demolition of the structures.
Israel claims the houses were built without a permit in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which is under full Israeli military control where Palestinian development is not allowed, and getting a building permit is an impossible task since Israel keeps most of this Palestinian land for its illegal settlement enterprise.
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