JORDAN VALLEY, May 23, 2016 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces on Monday handed Palestinians stop-construction notices of 13 structures, including one home, in the village of Kardala, in the northern Jordan Valley, according to a local official.

Muataz Besharat, who monitors settlement activities in the Jordan Valley, told WAFA that the Israeli military notified Palestinians from the village about their intent to demolish 13 structures in the village, under the pretext of construction without permission.

The village is located in Area C, the over 60 percent of the West Bank under full Israeli military control, where building permits are near-impossible for Palestinians to obtain from Israel.

As a result, Palestinian communities are forced to build illegally and face the constant threat of demolition and displacement.

Threats of displacement for the thousands of Palestinian Bedouins living in the Jordan Valley in particular have reportedly increased dramatically in the past few years.

Rights groups argue that Israel aims to fully annex the strategic area of land and is unlikely to return the occupied area to Palestinians.

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