Ihab Shaabin cannot believe that he lost his home without any prior notice of demolition, simply because Israeli settlers filed a complaint that it is located on top of a mountain overlooking an illegal Israeli settlement built on Palestinian land, west of Ramallah.
The pace of Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes is accelerating in the occupied West Bank at an unprecedented rate. During February alone, the Israeli army demolished 156 Palestinian facilities and homes, and distributed demolition notices to 93 other facilities across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, according to a report by the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
This figure doesn’t include the ongoing demolition and bombing of Palestinian homes in the Jenin and Tulkarm camps, which are difficult to document due to the ongoing Israeli military assault that is surpassing 50 days. ….more