SALFIT, March 21, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces issued on Monday an order to halt construction of seven Palestinian homes in the town of Kafr ed-Deek, in Salfit area in the occupied West Bank, local sources said.

The halt on construction order was issued under the pretext that these seven houses are located in the Area C, under complete Israeli control.

Israel almost never gives Palestinians permission to build in land classified as Area C –the more than 60 percent of the West Bank under full Israeli control – leaving residents no choice but to build their homes without permits.

According to UN OCHA, Israel demolished 1,093 structures in the occupied Palestinian territory, displacing 1,601 Palestinians, which OCHA said were the highest demolition and displacement figures on record.

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