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Israeli forces demolish two-story Palestinian home in southern West Bank

Israeli forces demolished a two-story Palestinian home in the village of al-Deirat, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports.

Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the house belonged to Radi al-Jabbarin and his son, Munir al-Jabbarin, and housed 15 family members.

The report added that Israeli forces also uprooted trees around the property using bulldozers and damaged nearby agricultural land during the operation.

The West Bank and East Jerusalem have been witnessing a rise in Israeli military operations, including raids, arrests, gunfire, and the use of excessive force.

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Palestinians are also facing increasing attacks by the occupiers aimed at pressuring residents to leave their land in favor of settlement expansion.

Around 750,000 Israeli occupiers live in 141 settlements and 224 outposts in the West Bank, including about 250,000 in East Jerusalem, which the United Nations considers part of the occupied Palestinian territories.

Since October 2023, attacks by the Israeli army and occupiers in the West Bank have killed at least 1,155 Palestinians, injured about 11,750 others, and arrested nearly 22,000 people, according to official Palestinian figures.

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