Israeli authorities on Wednesday ordered the demolition of Palestinian homes in the village of Hamsa al-Fawqa in the northern Jordan Valley, northeast of the occupied West Bank.
Muataz Bsharat, an official in the Palestinian Authority that administers limited self-rule in the West Bank, said it was the seventh time Israeli authorities had destroyed tents and other structures in the village of Khirbet Humsa.
"Now 63 Palestinians became homeless. Eleven families had their homes demolished and confiscated," he said, accusing Israel of "state-sponsored terrorism" against the residents.
Housing units in the village were previously subjected to four demolitions, including as recently as last November.
The village is one of 38 Bedouin villages that are partially or completely located within a field that Israel declared a military firing site.
Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley are also subjected to demolitions by Israeli authorities who claim that they were built without a permit. Israel has often cited a lack of building permits, which Palestinians and rights groups say are nearly impossible to obtain, in destroying Palestinian structures in the West Bank, an area captured in a 1967 war.
Muataz Bsharat, an official in the Palestinian Authority that administers limited self-rule in the West Bank, said it was the seventh time Israeli authorities had destroyed tents and other structures in the village of Khirbet Humsa.
"Now 63 Palestinians became homeless. Eleven families had their homes demolished and confiscated," he said, accusing Israel of "state-sponsored terrorism" against the residents.
Housing units in the village were previously subjected to four demolitions, including as recently as last November.
The village is one of 38 Bedouin villages that are partially or completely located within a field that Israel declared a military firing site.
Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley are also subjected to demolitions by Israeli authorities who claim that they were built without a permit. Israel has often cited a lack of building permits, which Palestinians and rights groups say are nearly impossible to obtain, in destroying Palestinian structures in the West Bank, an area captured in a 1967 war.
