West Bank & occupied Jerusalem - The Israeli occupation authorities demolished yesterday, a house in the town of Mukabber, and shops in the town of Hizma, in occupied Jerusalem, Wednesday, November 3.

Large forces of the “Israeli” occupation military, accompanied by bulldozers, tore down a house belonging to the Jerusalemite, Muhammad Hroub, in the Al-Salaa neighborhood (Deir Al-Sunna) in the town of Jabal Al-Mukabber, without noticing its owners of the demolition, local sources reported.

The one-storey building is of two apartments, in which 8 people live, and it has been built for more than 11 years, the sources added.

In the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers, sealed off the area near the Hizma military checkpoint, and demolished 4 commercial shops, on the pretext they lack building permits, sources reported.

According to the sources, the shops sell construction materials and they belong to the "Al-Khatib" family that was surprised that the bulldozers carried out the demolition without informing them in advance.

The town of Hizma, which is located in the center of the West Bank, and through which a road connects its north to its south, is subjected to continuous violations by the Israeli occupation forces, by restricting and detaining its residents, tampering with and demolishing their properties, and seizing their lands in the interest of settlements’ expansion.

In the same context, the Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a 150-square-meter house, owned by Ismail Hussein Al-Nawaja', in which ten people live house, in Al-Jawaya community, east of Yatta, south of al-Khalil, in the southern West Bank.