Israeli forces to demolish seven family homes, farms near Nablus

Date: 21 / 04 / 2009 Time: 12:26
Nablus – Ma’an –

The Israeli occupation forces ordered seven Palestinian families to evacuate their homes and farm buildings within 48 hours on Tuesday.

All of the structures, all southeast of the West Bank city of Nablus, are slated for demolition.

According to Jada’an Qasim, chair of the Al-Falah Society, Israeli authorities decided to demolish the homes and sheds in the Getit area near the illegal Israeli settlement of Mekhora. Families received notices to evacuate their properties within 48 hours, Qasim explained.

He identified owners of the properties to be demolished as Zayd Bani Minna, Khalil Bani Jabir, Jamil Bani Jabir, Ghallab Hammad, Wasif Hammad, Muhammad Hammad, and Abdullah Bani Jabir.

Qasim appealed to the Palestinian Authority and international organizations to intervene and prevent the demolitions.

The effort marks the third mass-demolition announcement in two months, after Israeli authorities warned residents of Al-Baqa’a in south Hebron and Silwan in East Jerusalem that their homes would be destroyed so a settlement can be expanded and park can be built on the areas. Forty will be rendered homeless in Al-Baqa’a and 1,500 in Silwan.

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