UN:
Zionist Regime Razed 197 Palestinian Structures in 2018
WEST BANK (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime’s authorities demolished 197 Palestinian structures in West Bank during the first half of 2018 as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its land expropriation policies in the occupied territories, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says
The world body, in a statement released on Wednesday, announced that eight homes, 10 livelihood-related structures and four retaining walls or fences were destroyed last month.
It added that Zionist troops and the so-called administrative control department demolished a structure in an area of the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, located 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of al-Quds, in June.
Additionally, a residential apartment was demolished on punitive grounds in Eastern Barta'a town, displacing a family of three.
The OCHA further highlighted that demolitions within the first half of the current year in East al-Quds mark an increase of 12 percent compared to the same period in the preceding year.
The occupied territories have witnessed new tensions ever since U.S. President Donald Trump on December 6, 2017 announced Washington's recognition of al-Quds as the regime’s "capital” and said the U.S. would move its embassy to the city.
The dramatic decision triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories and elsewhere in the world.
The status of al-Quds is the thorniest issue in the decades-long Zionist-Palestinian conflict.
The Palestinians see East al-Quds as the capital of their future state.
Palestinian activists and residents of Khan al-Ahmar block the path of Zionist troops in this file photo.
The world body, in a statement released on Wednesday, announced that eight homes, 10 livelihood-related structures and four retaining walls or fences were destroyed last month.
It added that Zionist troops and the so-called administrative control department demolished a structure in an area of the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil, located 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of al-Quds, in June.
Additionally, a residential apartment was demolished on punitive grounds in Eastern Barta'a town, displacing a family of three.
The OCHA further highlighted that demolitions within the first half of the current year in East al-Quds mark an increase of 12 percent compared to the same period in the preceding year.
The occupied territories have witnessed new tensions ever since U.S. President Donald Trump on December 6, 2017 announced Washington's recognition of al-Quds as the regime’s "capital” and said the U.S. would move its embassy to the city.
The dramatic decision triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories and elsewhere in the world.
The status of al-Quds is the thorniest issue in the decades-long Zionist-Palestinian conflict.
The Palestinians see East al-Quds as the capital of their future state.
Palestinian activists and residents of Khan al-Ahmar block the path of Zionist troops in this file photo.