BETHLEHEM, December 9, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces demolished on Monday two Palestinian-owned houses in the village of Al-Walaja, northwest of Bethlehem.

The head of the Al-Walaja village council, Khader Abu al-Teen, told WAFA that an Israeli army force stormed the village and began demolishing two houses under construction in Khallet al-Hussein area at the entrance to the village, each consisting of two floors, belonging to local residents Nabil Mahmoud Abu al-Teen and Walid Abu al-Teen.

He pointed out that the occupation forces demolished the two houses under the pretext of building without a permit.

Confrontations also erupted in the vicinity of the demolition operation, during which the occupation forces fired tear gas and sound bombs, which led to a number of suffocation cases, in addition to severely beating the owners of the two houses.

According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, the occupation authorities carried out 52 demolition operations last November, which affected 63 facilities, including 27 inhabited homes, 2 uninhabited ones, and 17 agricultural and other facilities.

The demolition operations took place in Jerusalem, with the demolition of 26 facilities, and Hebron with 10 facilities, and Nablus with 7 facilities.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces assaulted a correspondent and a photographer working for the Palestinian News and Information Agency (WAFA) while they were covering the demolition of two houses by the occupation authorities in the village of Al-Walaja, northwest of Bethlehem.

WAFA correspondent, Anan Shehadeh, reported that the occupation forces forced him and the agency's photographer, Ahmed Mazhar, to leave the area and tried to assault them before firing tear gas bombs at them.

K.T