HEBRON, March 4, 2017 (WAFA) – Israel Tuesday informed two Palestinian families in the village of Umm al-Kheir, in Masafer Yatta south of Hebron, of its intention to demolish their homes under the pretext they were built without permit, according to a local activist.
Rateb Jbour, coordinator of the anti-settlements popular committee in the south of Hebron, told WAFA that an Israeli army force handed Yaser Jahalin and Adel Jahalin notices that their homes will be demolished because they were built without permission.
No specific date was given for the demolition, which could happen at any time.
Umm al-Khair is the largest Palestinian community in Masafer Yatta located in Area C, which is under full Israeli military control.
Israel does not allow any Palestinian construction or investment in this part of the occupied West Bank, whose area makes up about 60 per cent of the area of the West Bank.
M.N./M.K.
