HEBRON, January 5, 2016
(WAFA) – Israeli army Tuesday delivered a notification to demolish
two agricultural structures and to stop the construction work on a house
in Beit Ummar, a town located to the north of Hebron, according to local
sources.
Yousef Abu Maria, an
anti-settlement activist in the town, told WAFA that an Israeli army force
broke into Beit Zana and Feredes areas, just outside the town, and notified
local Palestinians about a military order to demolish two private-owned animal
barns.
Army also handed Saber
Abu Maria, a local Palestinian, a military order to stop the construction work
on his house, under the pretext of construction without a permit.
The force also seized a
tractor in the area.
Issuance of construction
permits for Palestinians living in Area C, which is under full Israeli
administrative and military control, is strictly limited. This reality forces
Palestinians residing in such areas to embark on construction without obtaining
a permit; risking in the process the demolition of their homes.
Israeli authorities do
not usually notify Palestinians of stop-construction orders and demolition
orders in the first stages of construction, but wait until they have progressed
before deciding to either demolish or halt the construction process.
M.N/T.R
