Ziad Al-Salem, head of Nazlat Issa village's council, said the Israeli Civil Administration officers under the protection of Israeli forces handed the demolition orders to the families in the village, located north of Tulkarm.

Al-Salem added that the homes the southern part of the village were inhabited for several years.

He said the houses belonged to Abdulrahim Yousef Shawarib, Abdulkarim Yousef Shawarib, Mohammed Ahmed Alloush, Mahmoud Izzat Hussein, Abdulhalim Zaki Shihadeh and Iyad Abdullatif As'ad.

The official called on the Palestinian Authority and international community to pressure Israel to stop illegal measures in the Jordan Valley which "aims at displacing the Palestinians from their homes and to expand the Jewish settlements in the area."

According to the Oslo agreement, Area A is under Palestinian administrative and security control, Area B under Palestinian administrative control but under Israeli security, and Area C is under full Israeli control. However, Israel reoccupied the three areas in the aftermath of its large-scale military operation in 2002.