An-Najah News -  According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory citing the lack of building permits, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished 11 Palestinian-owned structures in Masafer Yatta area in the south of the West Bank.

The demolishing area included homes, livelihood-related structures, and water, sanitation facilities, some of which had been previously provided as humanitarian assistance leaving more than 25 people homeless and over 700 were otherwise affected. 

According to OCHA All but one of the seven communities targeted are located in an area designated closed for military training and are at risk of a forcible transfer.

 23 November, OCHA said in its Protection of Civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory report that a total of 41 structures were demolished or seized due to lack of Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 19 people and otherwise affecting over 1,200.

All the displacements and 37 of the structures targeted were in 15 communities in Area C, which makes over 60 percent of the area of the occupied West Bank, while the other four structures demolished were in occupied East Jerusalem.

One home was demolished and a room in another home was sealed on punitive grounds, displacing 18 people, including 11 children, during the reporting period, said OCHA. 

The olive harvest season, which started on 7 October, continued to be disrupted by Israeli settlers, said OCHA.
It added  In nine incidents in the current reporting period, (compared with 19 in the previous reporting period), Palestinians were injured, trees were damaged and produce was stolen.

Israeli forces carried out 161 search-and-arrest operations and arrested 126 Palestinians across the West Bank during the three-week reporting period, said OCHA.