Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread demolitions on Monday morning, destroying 15 Palestinian homes and residential buildings in the village of Barta’a, located behind the separation wall southwest of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
Local sources said a large Israeli military force, accompanied by heavy bulldozers, stormed the village and began demolishing multi-story residential buildings under the pretext of unlicensed construction.
The demolitions threaten to displace dozens of Palestinian families and leave many residents homeless.
Residents and local community leaders described the demolitions as part of a broader Israeli policy aimed at forcing Palestinians out of isolated areas trapped behind the separation wall. They said Israel imposes nearly impossible restrictions on Palestinian construction permits and then uses the lack of permits as justification for demolitions and settlement expansion.
The residents warned of a looming humanitarian crisis and growing forced displacement as demolition activities continue, stressing that the campaign is designed to tighten pressure on Palestinians and create an environment that pushes them to leave their village.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission documented 1,659 Israeli violations across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem during May alone, including 551 attacks carried out by settlers and 1,108 by Israeli forces.
During the same period, Israeli occupation authorities carried out 70 demolitions targeting 155 Palestinian structures, including 39 inhabited homes, two uninhabited houses, 99 agricultural facilities, and eight livelihood-related properties.
Israeli occupation authorities also issued 51 demolition notices against Palestinian structures in May, as part of what Palestinians describe as an escalating campaign to restrict Palestinian urban growth and expansion across the occupied West Bank.
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