TULKARM, March 2, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday demolished a house which is under construction in Shuwekeh, an outskirt of Tulkarm in the West Bank, according to local sources.

Witnesses said Israeli troops accompanied by a bulldozer broke into Shuwekeh and demolished the house of Khalil Ali, a local Palestinian, which is currently under construction, under the pretext of construction without an Israeli permit.

One of the relatives of Ali told WAFA the latter had received a notification from the Israeli army to stop the construction of his home about two years ago.

Local Palestinians also informed WAFA that in the past few months, several Palestinians in the outskirt received notifications regarding Israel’s intention to demolish their homes during construction.

Israeli rarely issues construction permits to Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank, under complete Israeli control, forcing many of them to embark on construction without a permit to shelter their families.

The Israeli Committee against House Demolitions (ICAHD) explains in a special report that “in almost all cases Palestinians have no choice but to build ‘illegally’, as permits are almost impossible to obtain.”

“Many Palestinians have suffered multiple displacements, having lost their homes and livelihoods more than once. Forced displacement has a series of immediate and longer-term physical, socio-economic and psycho-social impacts on Palestinian families.”

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