Israel prevents renovation of kindergarten in Hebron

Israeli occupation authorities have prevented the renovation of a Palestinian kindergarten in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Quds Press reported yesterday.

Speaking to the news site, the Construction Committee of Hebron said that Israeli occupation forces prevented its team from carrying out renovation works on the roof of a kindergarten in Al-Saraya Building near the Ibrahimi Mosque.

The committee said that the Israeli occupation undermines the renovation works carried out by its team for the old buildings and institutions in the city.

Hundreds of Israeli settlers live in the heart of Hebron under heavy military guard among some 200,000 Palestinians.

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Israel has been increasing efforts to Judaise the city which is home to the Ibrahimi Mosque, believed to be the burial place of the prophet Abraham. The site is sacred to both Muslims and Jews and has been the scene of oft-violent tensions for decades.

The holy site was split into a synagogue – known to Jews as the Cave of Patriarchs – and a mosque after US-born Israeli settler Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinians inside the mosque in 1994.