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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Israel To Demolish 11 Homes, Cooperative Society and A Clinic In Hebron

IMEMC
The Israeli Authorities decided to demolish eleven Palestinian homes, a Cooperative Society and a Clinic in the Al Baq’a area, and in Ithna town, near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
....the army handed seven orders for demolition of their homes in the town.

The army claims that the structure are built without permit.

........Furthermore, Israeli soldiers handed four residents of Jaber family military orders for the demolition of their homes under the pretext that that they were built without permit.

The army also handed an order to the demolition of Al Nour Cooperative Society and a number of clinics.

The orders are illegal as those areas are under Palestinian Civil control and permits in this regard are issued by the local councils of the Palestinian Authority. Full story