Israel razes Palestinian homes in Negev and Jerusalem

30 أغسطس/آب 2012 الساعة . 09:23 ص   بتوقيت القدس

Israeli bulldozers demolished on Wednesday three Palestinian homes in the Negev, southern 1948-occupied Palestine, and delivered demolition notices in Jerusalem.

Local sources told the PIC the bulldozers escorted by soldiers stormed Rukhmh and Bir Hadaj areas in the Negev and demolished three houses under the pretext of being built “without construction permits”.

One of the three houses is owned by Juma Abu Hderh, 110, one of the oldest people in the village who became homeless after the demolition.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces served demolition notices to a number of homeowners in the town of Silwan and Bustan neighborhood in Jerusalem under the pretext of illegal construction.

Approximately 45 thousand houses in unrecognized Arab villages in the Negev were declared illegal and subject to demolition under the pretext of being illegally built.

In another context, Israeli occupation forces stormed on Wednesday the town of Zababdeh, east of Jenin, and raided houses and summoned a number of inhabitants to the so-called Salem military camp.

Local sources confirmed that Israeli military vehicles stormed the town and raided several houses and handed their owners summonses.

The sources pointed out that the Israeli troops erected a checkpoint on the road between Zababdeh and Aquabaa and searched Palestinian vehicles.