Israeli occupation forces demolished and seized 33 buildings in Jerusalem and the West Bank in the past two weeks of August 2023, according to a statement by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the Palestinian territories.
The report issued by OCHA revealed that these demolition operations have resulted in the displacement of 22 Palestinians, including 10 children, and have damaged the livelihoods of over 100 others, spanning from August 8th to August 21st, 2023.
The report pointed out that three of the affected buildings were provided by donors as part of a response to a prior demolition operation in the Ashteh area of Jericho and Hamseh al-Farsha in Nablus.
The report further highlights that out of the damaged structures, 29 were located in Area C, including four buildings demolished in Ein Shibli near Nablus, an area declared a natural reserve by the Israeli occupation.
Covering 60 percent of the West Bank under occupation, Area C was originally designated to transition into the Palestinian Authority’s administration as per the Oslo Accords.
However, Israel has maintained complete authority over this region up to the present day, diverging from the accord’s intended course of action.
Casualties
According to the United Nations report, Israeli forces have killed six Palestinians, including a child, in the past two weeks during various operations across the West Bank.
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Furthermore, Israeli soldiers have injured 559 Palestinians, with at least 148 of them being children, using live ammunition in various parts of the West Bank, including 21 people hit by live bullets.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces have wounded 705 Palestinians with live ammunition in the West Bank, more than double the number of 411 injured during the same period in 2022.
Israeli authorities have been consistently demolishing Palestinian structures in 2023, with a total of 682 structures demolished since the beginning of the year.
This widespread destruction has resulted in the displacement of 1,103 people and has negatively impacted the lives of 55,820 others.
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