Israel demolishes Palestinian home in West Bank 

The Israeli occupation army demolished a Palestinian home in the northern occupied West Bank today amid its military escalation in the occupied territory.

Occupation forces, escorted by military bulldozers, raided the town of Kafr Al-Dik, west of Salfit city, and razed the house alleging it lacked the necessary building permit, witnesses said.

The demolition came amid Israeli raids in the northern West Bank that have killed more than 55 Palestinians and displaced thousands since 21 January.

According to official figures, the Israeli occupation army demolished 126 Palestinian structures in the West Bank last month, including 74 inhabited homes and 29 agricultural facilities.

Israel widely uses the pretext of a lack of construction permits to demolish Palestinian homes, especially in Area C in the occupied West Bank, which constitutes around 60 per cent of the area.

Under the 1995 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was divided into three regions; Area A, B, and C.

Area C is under Israel’s administrative and security control until a final status agreement is reached with the Palestinians.

Tensions have been running high across the occupied West Bank, where at least 916 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 7,000 others injured in attacks by the Israeli occupation army and illegal settlers since the start of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, according to the Health Ministry.

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