Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish Palestinian Mosque, Buildings in West Bank

Al Manar

25/11/2010 Israeli occupation forces have razed a Palestinian mosque and more than 10 other structures in two areas of the occupied West Bank on Thursday, violating the primary rights of Palestinian people.

Most of the demolition activity took place in the village of Khirbet Yarza in the northern Jordan Valley, where residents said occupation troops had razed a very old mosque and its much-larger extension, which was built last year.

They also said troops had leveled more than 10 buildings used for sheep.

The Israeli army confirmed knocking down what it described as “eight temporary structures” which had been built inside a military firing zone.

“During the morning, the security forces and the Civil Administration destroyed eight temporary structures and the frame of another structure, which were built without the required permits inside a firing zone endangering the lives of the residents,” said a statement from COGAT, the Israeli “defense” ministry unit which acts as a link between the Israeli army and the Palestinians.

At the opposite end of the West Bank, Israeli occupation troops destroyed a building which was home to 18 people in the southern town of Yatta, the family and municipal officials told AFP.
Witnesses said Israeli occupation forces attacked the residents who tried to defend their properties and arrested several Palestinians.

Khirbet Yarza is under full Israeli occupation where all construction and planning issues come under the jurisdiction of the Israeli Civil Administration.

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